Washington panchang, 22 November 2028
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 11:57 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
07:00 to 16:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:07
- 07:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:05 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
16:48 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 06:08 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:52
- Karana Gara until 17:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:05 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 19:14 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:05 – 07:01 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. 05:06 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 16:48 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 14:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:00 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Char | 14:21 – 15:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:34 – 16:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:34 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:31 Libra
- 06:31 – 08:56 Scorpio
- 08:56 – 10:57 Sagittarius
- 10:57 – 12:29 Capricorn
- 12:29 – 13:45 Aquarius
- 13:45 – 14:57 Pisces
- 14:57 – 16:22 Aries
- 16:22 – 18:11 Taurus
- 18:11 – 20:29 Gemini
- 20:29 – 22:59 Cancer
- 22:59 – 01:28 next day Leo
- 01:28 – 03:57 next day Virgo
- 03:57 – 06:27 next day Libra
- 06:27 – 07:01 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