Washington panchang, 20 November 2028
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 10:52 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
06:58 to 16:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:12 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:51
- 08:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:49 to 06:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 08:38
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:26
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:38 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:51
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:58 – 10:49
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:49 – 05:43 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:10 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 19:06 – 21:15
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 06:59 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. 05:05 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:58 – 10:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:12 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 16:49 | Good |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:21 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:13 – 06:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:39 Libra
- 06:39 – 09:04 Scorpio
- 09:04 – 11:05 Sagittarius
- 11:05 – 12:37 Capricorn
- 12:37 – 13:53 Aquarius
- 13:53 – 15:05 Pisces
- 15:05 – 16:30 Aries
- 16:30 – 18:19 Taurus
- 18:19 – 20:37 Gemini
- 20:37 – 23:07 Cancer
- 23:07 – 01:36 next day Leo
- 01:36 – 04:05 next day Virgo
- 04:05 – 06:35 next day Libra
- 06:35 – 06:59 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