Washington panchang, 7 October 2028
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 20:40 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
07:11 to 18:39- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam 10:03 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:47
Night
18:39 to 07:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:21
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:27 next day
- Karana Balava until 19:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 19:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:27 – 00:58 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. 05:31 – 06:21
- 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 18:39 – 21:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:11 – 19:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:22 – 07:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:22 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:37 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Char | 12:55 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:13 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:39 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:47 – 23:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:04 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 05:33 Leo
- 05:33 – 08:02 Virgo
- 08:02 – 10:32 Libra
- 10:32 – 12:57 Scorpio
- 12:57 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 16:30 Capricorn
- 16:30 – 17:46 Aquarius
- 17:46 – 18:58 Pisces
- 18:58 – 20:23 Aries
- 20:23 – 22:12 Taurus
- 22:12 – 00:30 next day Gemini
- 00:30 – 03:00 next day Cancer
- 03:00 – 05:29 next day Leo
- 05:29 – 07:12 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