Washington panchang, 12 October 2028
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 00:38 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
07:16 to 18:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:05 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 11:01 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam 14:18 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta 15:31 – 16:16
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:31 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:31 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:44 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 18:25
- Karana Gara until 17:53, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:01 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:18 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:31 – 16:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:53 – 15:43 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 07:16 – 17:53
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. 05:34 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 21:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 22:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:53 – 22:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:53 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:05 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 12:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:54 – 14:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:18 – 15:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:43 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:31 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:43 – 23:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:18 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:05 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:42 Virgo
- 07:42 – 10:12 Libra
- 10:12 – 12:37 Scorpio
- 12:37 – 14:38 Sagittarius
- 14:38 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 17:26 Aquarius
- 17:26 – 18:39 Pisces
- 18:39 – 20:03 Aries
- 20:03 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:10 next day Gemini
- 00:10 – 02:40 next day Cancer
- 02:40 – 05:09 next day Leo
- 05:09 – 07:17 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