Washington panchang, 16 October 2028
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 05:30 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
07:20 to 18:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:06
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 14:16 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:13
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:26 to 07:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:26 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 02:35 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 02:35 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:41 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 00:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 02:35 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:08 – 19:57 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. 05:37 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:53 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:39 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:26 | Good |
| Char | 18:26 – 20:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:39 – 23:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:16 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:44 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:57 Libra
- 09:57 – 12:21 Scorpio
- 12:21 – 14:22 Sagittarius
- 14:22 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:10 Aquarius
- 17:10 – 18:23 Pisces
- 18:23 – 19:47 Aries
- 19:47 – 21:37 Taurus
- 21:37 – 23:54 Gemini
- 23:54 – 02:24 next day Cancer
- 02:24 – 04:54 next day Leo
- 04:54 – 07:21 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