Washington panchang, 16 September 2028
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:12 Moonrise 04:10 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
06:52 to 19:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 09:57 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 14:34 – 16:07
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:40 Moon enters Leo
- 11:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:12 to 06:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:12 – 21:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:00
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:40 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 02:37 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:44, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:40 Moon enters Leo
- 11:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:00 – 08:10 next day
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. 05:19 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:12 – 21:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:00 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:24 – 09:57 | Good |
| Rog | 09:57 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Char | 13:02 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 16:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:07 – 17:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:40 – 19:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:12 – 20:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:40 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:07 – 23:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:35 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:02 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:25 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:56 Leo
- 06:56 – 09:24 Virgo
- 09:24 – 11:55 Libra
- 11:55 – 14:19 Scorpio
- 14:19 – 16:20 Sagittarius
- 16:20 – 17:53 Capricorn
- 17:53 – 19:08 Aquarius
- 19:08 – 20:21 Pisces
- 20:21 – 21:45 Aries
- 21:45 – 23:35 Taurus
- 23:35 – 01:52 next day Gemini
- 01:52 – 04:22 next day Cancer
- 04:22 – 06:52 next day Leo
- 06:52 – 06:53 next day Virgo
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