Washington panchang, 15 May 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 01:23 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
05:56 to 20:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:17 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:21
- 13:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:13 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 17:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 06:05 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:30, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:21
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. 04:38 – 05:17
- 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 20:13 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 13:32
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 13:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 13:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:17 | Good |
| Rog | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 20:13 | Good |
| Char | 20:13 – 21:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 05:55 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:57 Aries
- 05:57 – 07:46 Taurus
- 07:46 – 10:04 Gemini
- 10:04 – 12:34 Cancer
- 12:34 – 15:03 Leo
- 15:03 – 17:32 Virgo
- 17:32 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:16 next day Aquarius
- 03:16 – 04:28 next day Pisces
- 04:28 – 05:53 next day Aries
- 05:53 – 05:55 next day Taurus
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