Washington panchang, 14 May 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:12 Moonrise 00:53 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
05:57 to 20:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:51
- Gulika Kalam 16:38 – 18:25
- Durmuhurta 18:18 – 19:15
- Rahu Kalam 18:25 – 20:12
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:12 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:12 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:12 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 15:19
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:51 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 05:12 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:19, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:12 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:18 – 19:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:25 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 08:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:05 – 09:18
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. 04:39 – 05:18
- 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 20:12 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 10:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:51 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:31 – 11:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:43 – 05:56 next day | Good |
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
- 05:57 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:01 Aries
- 06:01 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 10:08 Gemini
- 10:08 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 17:36 Virgo
- 17:36 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 03:20 next day Aquarius
- 03:20 – 04:32 next day Pisces
- 04:32 – 05:56 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