Washington panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 01:45 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
06:24 to 19:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:53
- 07:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:59 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:12 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 18:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 08:42
- Karana Bava until 07:06, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:12 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:42 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:53
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. 05:01 – 05:42
- 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 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:59 – 22:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 08:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:19 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:28 Cancer
- 06:28 – 08:57 Leo
- 08:57 – 11:26 Virgo
- 11:26 – 13:57 Libra
- 13:57 – 16:21 Scorpio
- 16:21 – 18:22 Sagittarius
- 18:22 – 19:55 Capricorn
- 19:55 – 21:10 Aquarius
- 21:10 – 22:23 Pisces
- 22:23 – 23:47 Aries
- 23:47 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:54 next day Gemini
- 03:54 – 06:24 next day Cancer
- 06:24 – 06:25 next day Leo
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