Washington panchang, 8 July 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:34 Moonrise 21:51 Ashadha 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 20:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:52 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:53
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:50 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:34 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:34 – 22:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:32 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:11
- Karana Gara until 16:50, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:53
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 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:34 – 22:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:22 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:44 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:34 – 21:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:44 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:53 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:23 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 05:52 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
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:06 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)
- 04:37 – 06:31 Gemini
- 06:31 – 09:01 Cancer
- 09:01 – 11:31 Leo
- 11:31 – 13:59 Virgo
- 13:59 – 16:30 Libra
- 16:30 – 18:54 Scorpio
- 18:54 – 20:55 Sagittarius
- 20:55 – 22:28 Capricorn
- 22:28 – 23:43 Aquarius
- 23:43 – 00:56 next day Pisces
- 00:56 – 02:20 next day Aries
- 02:20 – 04:10 next day Taurus
- 04:10 – 05:52 next day Gemini
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