Washington panchang, 2 December 2028
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 17:14 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
07:10 to 16:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:21
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:56 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
16:44 to 07:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:14 Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:41
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 09:56
- Karana Balava until 08:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:56 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:14 Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 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. 05:15 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:10 – 10:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 10:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:22 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:21 – 15:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:33 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:21 – 22:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:09 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:23 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:52 Libra
- 05:52 – 08:16 Scorpio
- 08:16 – 10:18 Sagittarius
- 10:18 – 11:50 Capricorn
- 11:50 – 13:06 Aquarius
- 13:06 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 15:42 Aries
- 15:42 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:50 Gemini
- 19:50 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 00:49 next day Leo
- 00:49 – 03:17 next day Virgo
- 03:17 – 05:48 next day Libra
- 05:48 – 07:11 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