Washington panchang, 21 October 2028
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 11:37 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
07:25 to 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:14 – 15:35
- 12:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:19 to 07:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:09 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:18
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 01:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 04:09 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:18, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:09 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:09 – 06:33 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 – 06:33
- 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 18:19 – 20:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:25 – 12:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:31 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:08 | Good |
| Rog | 10:08 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Char | 12:52 – 14:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:14 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:36 – 23:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:14 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:31 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:09 – 05:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:07 Virgo
- 07:07 – 09:37 Libra
- 09:37 – 12:02 Scorpio
- 12:02 – 14:03 Sagittarius
- 14:03 – 15:35 Capricorn
- 15:35 – 16:51 Aquarius
- 16:51 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:28 Aries
- 19:28 – 21:17 Taurus
- 21:17 – 23:35 Gemini
- 23:35 – 02:05 next day Cancer
- 02:05 – 04:34 next day Leo
- 04:34 – 07:03 next day Virgo
- 07:03 – 07:26 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