Washington panchang, 12 May 2028
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:10 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
05:59 to 20:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam 11:18 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:29
- Yamaganda 16:37 – 18:24
- 07:11 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:10 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:38
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:11 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:28 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:11 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:24
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. 04:40 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:10 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 11:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:18 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Char | 18:24 – 20:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:44 Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:08 Aries
- 06:08 – 07:58 Taurus
- 07:58 – 10:16 Gemini
- 10:16 – 12:46 Cancer
- 12:46 – 15:15 Leo
- 15:15 – 17:43 Virgo
- 17:43 – 20:14 Libra
- 20:14 – 22:38 Scorpio
- 22:38 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:28 next day Aquarius
- 03:28 – 04:40 next day Pisces
- 04:40 – 05:58 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