Washington panchang, 12 December 2028
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 03:33 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
07:19 to 16:45- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 09:40 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:23 – 15:34
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:45 to 07:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:51 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:26 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:51 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:34, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:51 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:55 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 10:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:34
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. 05:22 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:26 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:29 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Char | 09:40 – 10:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:51 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:23 – 15:34 | Good |
| Rog | 15:34 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:45 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:23 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:51 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:30 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:37 Scorpio
- 07:37 – 09:38 Sagittarius
- 09:38 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:38 next day Virgo
- 02:38 – 05:09 next day Libra
- 05:09 – 07:19 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