Washington panchang, 20 May 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:17 Moonrise 03:22 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
05:52 to 20:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:52 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:41
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:17 to 05:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:17 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:48 next day Moon enters Aries
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:48 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 09:07
- Karana Kaulava until 15:14, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:48 next day Moon enters Aries
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:41
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:52 – 02:48 next day
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. 04:35 – 05:14
- 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 20:17 – 22:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:16 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:29 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:17 – 21:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:29 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:37 Aries
- 05:37 – 07:27 Taurus
- 07:27 – 09:44 Gemini
- 09:44 – 12:14 Cancer
- 12:14 – 14:43 Leo
- 14:43 – 17:12 Virgo
- 17:12 – 19:42 Libra
- 19:42 – 22:07 Scorpio
- 22:07 – 00:08 next day Sagittarius
- 00:08 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 02:56 next day Aquarius
- 02:56 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:33 next day Aries
- 05:33 – 05:51 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