Washington panchang, 21 August 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 07:54 Bhadrapada 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 19:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:11
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:52 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 23:14
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 19:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 11:25
- Karana Balava until 13:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:11
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. 05:04 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:52 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:52 | Good |
| Char | 19:52 – 21:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:12 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:51 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:08 Cancer
- 06:08 – 08:38 Leo
- 08:38 – 11:06 Virgo
- 11:06 – 13:37 Libra
- 13:37 – 16:01 Scorpio
- 16:01 – 18:02 Sagittarius
- 18:02 – 19:35 Capricorn
- 19:35 – 20:50 Aquarius
- 20:50 – 22:03 Pisces
- 22:03 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:17 next day Taurus
- 01:17 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 06:05 next day Cancer
- 06:05 – 06:29 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