Washington panchang, 31 July 2028
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 20:18 Moonrise 17:09 Shravana 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
06:10 to 20:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 11:28 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Durmuhurta 13:42 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:28
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:18 to 06:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:18 – 22:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:42 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 23:21
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:42 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 07:48
- Karana Vanija until 11:16, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:42 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:42 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:28
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. 04:51 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:18 – 22:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:10 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:42 – 11:28 | Good |
| Rog | 11:28 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:32 – 20:18 | Good |
| Char | 20:18 – 21:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:10 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:01 Gemini
- 05:01 – 07:31 Cancer
- 07:31 – 10:00 Leo
- 10:00 – 12:29 Virgo
- 12:29 – 14:59 Libra
- 14:59 – 17:24 Scorpio
- 17:24 – 19:25 Sagittarius
- 19:25 – 20:58 Capricorn
- 20:58 – 22:13 Aquarius
- 22:13 – 23:26 Pisces
- 23:26 – 00:50 next day Aries
- 00:50 – 02:40 next day Taurus
- 02:40 – 04:57 next day Gemini
- 04:57 – 06:10 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