Washington panchang, 30 August 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 17:24 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
06:36 to 19:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:46
- 11:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
19:39 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 11:17
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 13:03
- Karana Vishti until 11:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 20:06 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:46
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. 05:09 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 13:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:17 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:33 Cancer
- 05:33 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 10:31 Virgo
- 10:31 – 13:01 Libra
- 13:01 – 15:26 Scorpio
- 15:26 – 17:27 Sagittarius
- 17:27 – 19:00 Capricorn
- 19:00 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 21:28 Pisces
- 21:28 – 22:52 Aries
- 22:52 – 00:42 next day Taurus
- 00:42 – 02:59 next day Gemini
- 02:59 – 05:29 next day Cancer
- 05:29 – 06:37 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