Washington panchang, 18 September 2028
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 06:42 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
06:53 to 19:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:25 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 13:26 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:42
- 11:06 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
19:09 to 06:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 02:47 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 18:02
- Karana Naga until 14:23, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:06 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:26 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 09:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:57 – 10:46
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. 05:20 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:09 – 21:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:25 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:09 | Good |
| Char | 19:09 – 20:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:37 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:05 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:02 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:26 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:48 Leo
- 06:48 – 09:16 Virgo
- 09:16 – 11:47 Libra
- 11:47 – 14:11 Scorpio
- 14:11 – 16:12 Sagittarius
- 16:12 – 17:45 Capricorn
- 17:45 – 19:00 Aquarius
- 19:00 – 20:13 Pisces
- 20:13 – 21:37 Aries
- 21:37 – 23:27 Taurus
- 23:27 – 01:44 next day Gemini
- 01:44 – 04:14 next day Cancer
- 04:14 – 06:44 next day Leo
- 06:44 – 06:54 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