Washington panchang, 17 November 2028
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 08:16 Margashirsha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 16:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 15:36
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
16:51 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 04:06 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:18
- Karana Balava until 16:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:32 – 06:56 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. 05:02 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:22 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:36 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:22 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:56 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:51 Libra
- 06:51 – 09:15 Scorpio
- 09:15 – 11:16 Sagittarius
- 11:16 – 12:49 Capricorn
- 12:49 – 14:04 Aquarius
- 14:04 – 15:17 Pisces
- 15:17 – 16:41 Aries
- 16:41 – 18:31 Taurus
- 18:31 – 20:49 Gemini
- 20:49 – 23:19 Cancer
- 23:19 – 01:48 next day Leo
- 01:48 – 04:16 next day Virgo
- 04:16 – 06:47 next day Libra
- 06:47 – 06:56 next day Scorpio
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method