Washington panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 10:25 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
06:30 to 19:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:50
- 13:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:49 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:41 next day Moon enters Libra
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:25
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 23:43
- Karana Vishti until 16:25, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:41 next day Moon enters Libra
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:29 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:33 – 12:25
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. 05:05 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 21:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 13:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 13:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:01 Cancer
- 06:01 – 08:30 Leo
- 08:30 – 10:59 Virgo
- 10:59 – 13:29 Libra
- 13:29 – 15:53 Scorpio
- 15:53 – 17:55 Sagittarius
- 17:55 – 19:27 Capricorn
- 19:27 – 20:43 Aquarius
- 20:43 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 23:20 Aries
- 23:20 – 01:09 next day Taurus
- 01:09 – 03:27 next day Gemini
- 03:27 – 05:57 next day Cancer
- 05:57 – 06:31 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