Washington panchang, 5 May 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 16:50 Vaishakha 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
06:06 to 20:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:34 – 18:19
- 12:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
20:03 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:03 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 21:37
- Karana Bava until 12:41, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:37 – 22:49
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. 04:45 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:03 – 22:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 11:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:20 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Char | 18:19 – 20:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:19 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:12 Pisces
- 05:12 – 06:36 Aries
- 06:36 – 08:26 Taurus
- 08:26 – 10:43 Gemini
- 10:43 – 13:13 Cancer
- 13:13 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 18:11 Virgo
- 18:11 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:07 next day Sagittarius
- 01:07 – 02:40 next day Capricorn
- 02:40 – 03:55 next day Aquarius
- 03:55 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:05 next day Aries
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