Washington panchang, 18 May 2028
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 02:35 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
05:53 to 20:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:53 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta 10:41 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:23
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:42 Moon enters Pisces
Night
20:15 to 05:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:41 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:02
- Karana Vanija until 11:36, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:02 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:41 – 11:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:36 – 15:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:42 – 00:41 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:23
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. 04:36 – 05:15
- 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 20:15 – 22:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 00:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Char | 11:17 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 20:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:27 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:40 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:45 Aries
- 05:45 – 07:35 Taurus
- 07:35 – 09:52 Gemini
- 09:52 – 12:22 Cancer
- 12:22 – 14:51 Leo
- 14:51 – 17:20 Virgo
- 17:20 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:15 Scorpio
- 22:15 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 05:41 next day Aries
- 05:41 – 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