Washington panchang, 9 October 2028
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 22:25 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
07:13 to 18:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam 14:20 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:34 – 16:19
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:17 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:36 to 07:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 21:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:40 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:32
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:40 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 00:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:26, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:40 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:34 – 16:19
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:04 – 11:23 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 07:13 – 20:32
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. 05:32 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 21:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:13 – 23:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:13 – 23:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:32 – 23:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:14 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Char | 14:20 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 20:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:45 – 23:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:54 Virgo
- 07:54 – 10:24 Libra
- 10:24 – 12:49 Scorpio
- 12:49 – 14:50 Sagittarius
- 14:50 – 16:22 Capricorn
- 16:22 – 17:38 Aquarius
- 17:38 – 18:50 Pisces
- 18:50 – 20:15 Aries
- 20:15 – 22:04 Taurus
- 22:04 – 00:22 next day Gemini
- 00:22 – 02:52 next day Cancer
- 02:52 – 05:21 next day Leo
- 05:21 – 07:14 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