Washington panchang, 4 November 2028
Sunrise 07:40 EDT Sunset 18:02 EDT Moonrise 19:26 EDT 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
07:40 EDT to 18:02 EDT- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 EDT – 08:58 EDT
- Durmuhurta 07:40 EDT – 08:21 EDT
- Durmuhurta 08:21 EDT – 09:03 EDT
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 EDT – 11:33 EDT
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 EDT – 13:12 EDT
- Yamaganda 14:09 EDT – 15:26 EDT
Night
18:02 EDT to 06:41 EST next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 EDT – 20:46 EDT
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 EST – 05:47 EST Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 EDT Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:17 EST next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:42 EST next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:03 EST next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:17 EST next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 04:42 EST next day
- Karana Vanija until 19:49 EDT, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 19:49 EDT Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:17 EST next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:42 EST next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:23 EDT – 18:03 EDT
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 EDT – 08:58 EDT
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 EDT – 08:21 EDT
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 EDT – 09:03 EDT
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 EDT – 11:33 EDT
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 EDT – 15:26 EDT
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. 05:51 EDT – 06:46 EDT
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 EDT – 13:12 EDT
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 EDT – 20:46 EDT
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:40 EDT – 03:17 EST next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:40 EDT – 03:17 EST next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:40 EDT – 08:58 EDT | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:58 EDT – 10:16 EDT | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 EDT – 11:33 EDT | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 EDT – 12:51 EDT | Bad |
| Char | 12:51 EDT – 14:09 EDT | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:09 EDT – 15:26 EDT | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 EDT – 16:44 EDT | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 EDT – 18:02 EDT | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 EDT – 19:44 EDT | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 EDT – 21:27 EDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 EDT – 23:09 EDT | Good |
| Amrit | 23:09 EDT – 00:52 EDT next day | Good |
| Char | 00:52 EDT – 01:34 EST next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 EST – 03:16 EST next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 EST – 04:59 EST next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 EST – 06:41 EST 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
- 07:40 EDT NowSaturn
- 08:32 EDT NowJupiter
- 09:24 EDT NowMars
- 10:16 EDT NowSun
- 11:07 EDT NowVenus
- 11:59 EDT NowMercury
- 12:51 EDT NowMoon
- 13:43 EDT NowSaturn
- 14:35 EDT NowJupiter
- 15:26 EDT NowMars
- 16:18 EDT NowSun
- 17:10 EDT NowVenus
- 18:02 EDT NowMercury
- 19:10 EDT NowMoon
- 20:19 EDT NowSaturn
- 21:27 EDT NowJupiter
- 22:35 EDT NowMars
- 23:43 EDT NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 EDT NowVenus
- 01:00 EST NowMercury
- 02:08 EST NowMoon
- 03:16 EST NowSaturn
- 04:25 EST NowJupiter
- 05:33 EST NowMars
- 07:40 EDT NowSaturn
- 08:40 EDT NowJupiter
- 09:40 EDT NowMars
- 10:40 EDT NowSun
- 11:40 EDT NowVenus
- 12:40 EDT NowMercury
- 13:40 EDT NowMoon
- 14:40 EDT NowSaturn
- 15:40 EDT NowJupiter
- 16:40 EDT NowMars
- 17:40 EDT NowSun
- 18:40 EDT NowVenus
- 19:40 EDT NowMercury
- 20:40 EDT NowMoon
- 21:40 EDT NowSaturn
- 22:40 EDT NowJupiter
- 23:40 EDT NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 EDT NowSun
- 01:40 EDT NowVenus
- 01:40 EST NowMercury
- 02:40 EST NowMoon
- 03:40 EST NowSaturn
- 04:40 EST NowJupiter
- 05:40 EST NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:51 EDT – 06:12 EDT Virgo
- 06:12 EDT – 08:42 EDT Libra
- 08:42 EDT – 11:06 EDT Scorpio
- 11:06 EDT – 13:08 EDT Sagittarius
- 13:08 EDT – 14:40 EDT Capricorn
- 14:40 EDT – 15:56 EDT Aquarius
- 15:56 EDT – 17:08 EDT Pisces
- 17:08 EDT – 18:33 EDT Aries
- 18:33 EDT – 20:22 EDT Taurus
- 20:22 EDT – 22:40 EDT Gemini
- 22:40 EDT – 01:10 EDT next day Cancer
- 01:10 EDT – 02:39 EST next day Leo
- 02:39 EST – 05:08 EST next day Virgo
- 05:08 EST – 06:41 EST 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 · each time with its zone, as the clocks change within this day · Method