Washington panchang, 15 December 2028
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 07:01 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
07:21 to 16:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta 09:14 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:53 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:24 – 15:35
- 09:45 Karana becomes Naga
Night
16:45 to 07:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:06
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 20:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 19:51
- Karana Chatushpada until 09:45, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:45 Karana becomes Naga
- 19:51 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:14 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:51 – 22:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:21 – 20:26
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. 05:24 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:06 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:21 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 09:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:42 – 10:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:53 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:24 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:35 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:24 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:53 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:42 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:25 Scorpio
- 07:25 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:41 Taurus
- 16:41 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 07:21 next day Scorpio
- 07:21 – 07:21 next day Sagittarius
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