Washington panchang, 20 August 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 06:38 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
06:28 to 19:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:51
- Gulika Kalam 16:32 – 18:13
- Durmuhurta 18:06 – 19:00
- Rahu Kalam 18:13 – 19:54
- 06:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 15:37 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:54 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:43
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 15:37
- Karana Naga until 06:43, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 15:37 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:44 – 05:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:06 – 19:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:13 – 19:54
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. 05:03 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:54 – 22:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:49 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:12 Cancer
- 06:12 – 08:42 Leo
- 08:42 – 11:10 Virgo
- 11:10 – 13:41 Libra
- 13:41 – 16:05 Scorpio
- 16:05 – 18:06 Sagittarius
- 18:06 – 19:39 Capricorn
- 19:39 – 20:54 Aquarius
- 20:54 – 22:07 Pisces
- 22:07 – 23:31 Aries
- 23:31 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:38 next day Gemini
- 03:38 – 06:08 next day Cancer
- 06:08 – 06:28 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