Washington panchang, 24 August 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 11:39 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
06:31 to 19:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:31 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam 09:50 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:09
- 11:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:48 to 06:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 20:32
- Karana Balava until 13:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:09
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. 05:06 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:48 – 21:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 13:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:45 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:31 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:11 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:50 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:08 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:12 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:57 Cancer
- 05:57 – 08:26 Leo
- 08:26 – 10:55 Virgo
- 10:55 – 13:25 Libra
- 13:25 – 15:50 Scorpio
- 15:50 – 17:51 Sagittarius
- 17:51 – 19:23 Capricorn
- 19:23 – 20:39 Aquarius
- 20:39 – 21:51 Pisces
- 21:51 – 23:16 Aries
- 23:16 – 01:05 next day Taurus
- 01:05 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 05:53 next day Cancer
- 05:53 – 06:32 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