Washington panchang, 30 September 2028
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 17:18 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
07:04 to 18:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:04 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:53
- 18:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:50 to 07:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 06:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:35 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:27 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 22:01
- Karana Kaulava until 18:19, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 18:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:01 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 06:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:01 – 00:25 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:51 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:44 – 02:59 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. 05:27 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 21:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:04 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:57 | Bad |
| Char | 12:57 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:22 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:26 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:05 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
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:01 Leo
- 06:01 – 08:29 Virgo
- 08:29 – 11:00 Libra
- 11:00 – 13:24 Scorpio
- 13:24 – 15:25 Sagittarius
- 15:25 – 16:58 Capricorn
- 16:58 – 18:13 Aquarius
- 18:13 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 20:50 Aries
- 20:50 – 22:40 Taurus
- 22:40 – 00:57 next day Gemini
- 00:57 – 03:27 next day Cancer
- 03:27 – 05:57 next day Leo
- 05:57 – 07:05 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