Washington panchang, 4 September 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 19:35 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
06:41 to 19:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:17 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta 13:32 – 14:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:57
- 09:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:47 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
19:31 to 06:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:14
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:23 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:47
- Karana Balava until 09:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:47 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:38 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:32 – 14:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:47 – 18:47
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. 05:12 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:55 – 19:31 | Good |
| Char | 19:31 – 20:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:18 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:13 Cancer
- 05:13 – 07:43 Leo
- 07:43 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 12:42 Libra
- 12:42 – 15:06 Scorpio
- 15:06 – 17:07 Sagittarius
- 17:07 – 18:40 Capricorn
- 18:40 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 21:08 Pisces
- 21:08 – 22:32 Aries
- 22:32 – 00:22 next day Taurus
- 00:22 – 02:40 next day Gemini
- 02:40 – 05:09 next day Cancer
- 05:09 – 06:42 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