Washington panchang, 21 May 2028
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 20:18 Moonrise 03:48 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
05:51 to 20:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:53
- Gulika Kalam 16:41 – 18:30
- Durmuhurta 18:22 – 19:20
- Rahu Kalam 18:30 – 20:18
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:15 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:18 to 05:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:18 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 04:32 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 04:11 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:03
- Karana Gara until 16:15, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:22 – 19:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:30 – 20:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:11 – 05:51 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 – 05:13
- 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 20:18 – 22:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:51 – 04:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:40 – 09:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:28 – 11:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:16 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:41 | Good |
| Rog | 16:41 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 20:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:18 – 21:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:51 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:33 Aries
- 05:33 – 07:23 Taurus
- 07:23 – 09:40 Gemini
- 09:40 – 12:10 Cancer
- 12:10 – 14:39 Leo
- 14:39 – 17:08 Virgo
- 17:08 – 19:39 Libra
- 19:39 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:04 next day Sagittarius
- 00:04 – 01:37 next day Capricorn
- 01:37 – 02:52 next day Aquarius
- 02:52 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:29 next day Aries
- 05:29 – 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