Washington panchang, 18 November 2028
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 09:18 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
06:56 to 16:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:21
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:34 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:50 to 06:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:58 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:50
- Karana Taitila until 15:27, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:34 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:21
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. 05:03 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:34 – 04:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:58 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:10 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:21 – 15:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:36 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:22 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:57 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
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:47 Libra
- 06:47 – 09:11 Scorpio
- 09:11 – 11:13 Sagittarius
- 11:13 – 12:45 Capricorn
- 12:45 – 14:01 Aquarius
- 14:01 – 15:13 Pisces
- 15:13 – 16:38 Aries
- 16:38 – 18:27 Taurus
- 18:27 – 20:45 Gemini
- 20:45 – 23:15 Cancer
- 23:15 – 01:44 next day Leo
- 01:44 – 04:13 next day Virgo
- 04:13 – 06:43 next day Libra
- 06:43 – 06:57 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