Washington panchang, 20 October 2028
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 10:32 Kartika 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
07:24 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 13:14 – 13:58
- Yamaganda 15:36 – 16:58
- 08:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:20 to 07:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:02
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:06 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:56
- Karana Gara until 14:02, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:14 – 13:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:36 – 16:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 02:06 – 07:25 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. 05:40 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 02:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:24 – 08:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:08 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:52 – 14:14 | Good |
| Rog | 14:14 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:36 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:36 – 23:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:14 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:53 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:47 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:41 Libra
- 09:41 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 18:07 Pisces
- 18:07 – 19:32 Aries
- 19:32 – 21:21 Taurus
- 21:21 – 23:39 Gemini
- 23:39 – 02:09 next day Cancer
- 02:09 – 04:38 next day Leo
- 04:38 – 07:07 next day Virgo
- 07:07 – 07:25 next day Libra
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