Washington panchang, 8 September 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:25 Moonrise 21:20 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
06:44 to 19:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:17 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta 13:30 – 14:21
- Yamaganda 16:15 – 17:50
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:55 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:25 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:25 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:43 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 19:44
- Karana Kaulava until 17:55, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:17 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:30 – 14:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:44 – 23:20
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. 05:14 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:25 – 21:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 11:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:43 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:40 | Good |
| Rog | 14:40 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:20 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:27 Leo
- 07:27 – 09:56 Virgo
- 09:56 – 12:26 Libra
- 12:26 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:52 Sagittarius
- 16:52 – 18:24 Capricorn
- 18:24 – 19:40 Aquarius
- 19:40 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:17 Aries
- 22:17 – 00:06 next day Taurus
- 00:06 – 02:24 next day Gemini
- 02:24 – 04:54 next day Cancer
- 04:54 – 06:45 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