Washington panchang, 24 September 2028
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 13:51 Ashwin 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
06:59 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 12:59 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam 15:59 – 17:29
- Durmuhurta 17:23 – 18:11
- Rahu Kalam 17:29 – 18:59
- 09:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:59 to 07:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:03 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:03
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 16:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:13
- Karana Gara until 09:08, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 20:13 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:59 – 17:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:23 – 18:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:29 – 18:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:59 – 16:55
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. 05:23 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:55 – 07:00 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:55 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:59 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:29 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 12:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:59 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:59 | Good |
| Rog | 15:59 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:29 – 21:59 | Good |
| Char | 21:59 – 23:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:30 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:00 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:24 Leo
- 06:24 – 08:53 Virgo
- 08:53 – 11:23 Libra
- 11:23 – 13:48 Scorpio
- 13:48 – 15:49 Sagittarius
- 15:49 – 17:21 Capricorn
- 17:21 – 18:37 Aquarius
- 18:37 – 19:49 Pisces
- 19:49 – 21:14 Aries
- 21:14 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:21 next day Gemini
- 01:21 – 03:51 next day Cancer
- 03:51 – 06:20 next day Leo
- 06:20 – 07:00 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