Washington panchang, 7 December 2028
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 22:50 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
07:15 to 16:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:24 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:50
- 08:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:36 Moon enters Leo
- 15:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:44 to 07:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 15:30
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 08:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:53
- Karana Vanija until 15:30, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:36 Moon enters Leo
- 15:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:53 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:28 – 21:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:24 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 02:36 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 23:05
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. 05:19 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:36 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:26 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:22 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:33 – 20:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:22 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:27 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:32 Libra
- 05:32 – 07:57 Scorpio
- 07:57 – 09:58 Sagittarius
- 09:58 – 11:30 Capricorn
- 11:30 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 00:29 next day Leo
- 00:29 – 02:58 next day Virgo
- 02:58 – 05:28 next day Libra
- 05:28 – 07:15 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