Washington panchang, 18 August 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 04:05 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
06:26 to 19:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:32
- Yamaganda 16:34 – 18:15
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:56 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:57 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:30
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:32 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:37
- Karana Vanija until 13:30, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:57 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:30 – 23:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:15
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 03:32 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:32 – 06:27 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. 05:02 – 05:44
- 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 19:56 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:48 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:49 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:20 Cancer
- 06:20 – 08:50 Leo
- 08:50 – 11:18 Virgo
- 11:18 – 13:49 Libra
- 13:49 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:14 Sagittarius
- 18:14 – 19:47 Capricorn
- 19:47 – 21:02 Aquarius
- 21:02 – 22:15 Pisces
- 22:15 – 23:39 Aries
- 23:39 – 01:29 next day Taurus
- 01:29 – 03:46 next day Gemini
- 03:46 – 06:16 next day Cancer
- 06:16 – 06:27 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