Washington panchang, 4 December 2028
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 19:21 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
07:12 to 16:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:50
- 07:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
16:44 to 07:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:12 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 05:01 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 07:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 19:34
- Nakshatra Ardra until 10:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 05:01 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:12 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 05:01 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 07:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:58 – 14:01
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. 05:16 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:21 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:24 – 07:13 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
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:44 Libra
- 05:44 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:10 Sagittarius
- 10:10 – 11:42 Capricorn
- 11:42 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 14:10 Pisces
- 14:10 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:42 Gemini
- 19:42 – 22:12 Cancer
- 22:12 – 00:41 next day Leo
- 00:41 – 03:10 next day Virgo
- 03:10 – 05:40 next day Libra
- 05:40 – 07:13 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