Washington panchang, 17 August 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 02:52 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
06:25 to 19:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:48 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:56 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:15
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:58 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:17 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 16:13
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:08 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:13, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:17 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:56 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:08 – 23:37 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 07:30
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:30 – 05:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:30 – 05:48 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:48 – 06:26 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:48 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:48 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:16 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:49 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:24 Cancer
- 06:24 – 08:54 Leo
- 08:54 – 11:22 Virgo
- 11:22 – 13:53 Libra
- 13:53 – 16:17 Scorpio
- 16:17 – 18:18 Sagittarius
- 18:18 – 19:51 Capricorn
- 19:51 – 21:06 Aquarius
- 21:06 – 22:19 Pisces
- 22:19 – 23:43 Aries
- 23:43 – 01:33 next day Taurus
- 01:33 – 03:50 next day Gemini
- 03:50 – 06:20 next day Cancer
- 06:20 – 06:26 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