Washington panchang, 6 October 2028
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 19:58 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
07:10 to 18:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 13:18 – 14:04
- Yamaganda 15:48 – 17:14
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:05 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:40 to 07:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:40 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:37 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:03 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:05
- Nakshatra Bharani until 19:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 01:37 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:05, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:37 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:03 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:18 – 14:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:14
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. 05:30 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 21:11
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:10 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:55 – 14:22 | Good |
| Rog | 14:22 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:40 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:48 – 23:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:22 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:56 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:37 Leo
- 05:37 – 08:06 Virgo
- 08:06 – 10:36 Libra
- 10:36 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:02 Sagittarius
- 15:02 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 17:50 Aquarius
- 17:50 – 19:02 Pisces
- 19:02 – 20:27 Aries
- 20:27 – 22:16 Taurus
- 22:16 – 00:34 next day Gemini
- 00:34 – 03:04 next day Cancer
- 03:04 – 05:33 next day Leo
- 05:33 – 07:11 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