Washington panchang, 21 July 2028
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 20:27 Moonrise 05:16 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
06:01 to 20:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam 11:26 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Durmuhurta 13:43 – 14:40
- Yamaganda 16:50 – 18:39
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:50 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
20:27 to 06:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:27 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:01
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 19:19 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 16:04
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:27, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:50 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:43 – 14:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:04 – 17:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:39
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:19 – 06:02 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. 04:45 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:27 – 22:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 19:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:01 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:01 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 11:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:26 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Char | 18:39 – 20:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:27 – 21:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:39 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:40 Gemini
- 05:40 – 08:10 Cancer
- 08:10 – 10:40 Leo
- 10:40 – 13:08 Virgo
- 13:08 – 15:39 Libra
- 15:39 – 18:03 Scorpio
- 18:03 – 20:04 Sagittarius
- 20:04 – 21:37 Capricorn
- 21:37 – 22:52 Aquarius
- 22:52 – 00:05 next day Pisces
- 00:05 – 01:29 next day Aries
- 01:29 – 03:19 next day Taurus
- 03:19 – 05:36 next day Gemini
- 05:36 – 06:02 next day Cancer
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