Washington panchang, 12 July 2028
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:32 Moonrise 23:26 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
05:54 to 20:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 15:03
- 07:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
20:32 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:32 – 22:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:42 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:41, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 15:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 14:59 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:42 – 05:06 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. 04:39 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:32 – 22:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:12 – 05:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:52 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:32 – 21:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:43 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 05:55 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
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:08 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)
- 04:39 – 06:16 Gemini
- 06:16 – 08:46 Cancer
- 08:46 – 11:15 Leo
- 11:15 – 13:44 Virgo
- 13:44 – 16:14 Libra
- 16:14 – 18:39 Scorpio
- 18:39 – 20:40 Sagittarius
- 20:40 – 22:12 Capricorn
- 22:12 – 23:28 Aquarius
- 23:28 – 00:40 next day Pisces
- 00:40 – 02:05 next day Aries
- 02:05 – 03:54 next day Taurus
- 03:54 – 05:55 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