Washington panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:14 Moonrise 02:13 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
05:54 to 20:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:52
- 07:06 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
20:14 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:14 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:26
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 07:06
- Karana Taitila until 09:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:06 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:06 – 08:02 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:52
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. 04:37 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:14 – 22:10
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:27 – 20:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:38 Taurus
- 07:38 – 09:56 Gemini
- 09:56 – 12:26 Cancer
- 12:26 – 14:55 Leo
- 14:55 – 17:24 Virgo
- 17:24 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 05:45 next day Aries
- 05:45 – 05:53 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