Washington panchang, 31 March 2028
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 09:47 Chaitra month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:21 – 17:55
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:49 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:58 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:30 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:55 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 04:43 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:34
- Karana Kaulava until 16:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:49 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:55 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:55
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:23 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:54 – 04:43 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:49 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:29 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:37 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:30 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 06:53 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:17 Aquarius
- 06:17 – 07:29 Pisces
- 07:29 – 08:54 Aries
- 08:54 – 10:43 Taurus
- 10:43 – 13:01 Gemini
- 13:01 – 15:31 Cancer
- 15:31 – 18:00 Leo
- 18:00 – 20:29 Virgo
- 20:29 – 22:59 Libra
- 22:59 – 01:24 next day Scorpio
- 01:24 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 04:57 next day Capricorn
- 04:57 – 06:13 next day Aquarius
- 06:13 – 06:53 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EDT (UTC-4) · Method