Washington panchang, 16 December 2028
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 07:57 Pausha 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 16:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:25
- 08:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:46 to 07:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:11
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:09 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 17:53
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:34, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:02 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:00 – 02:05 next day
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. 05:25 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:32 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:22 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
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:22 Sagittarius
- 09:22 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 07:17 next day Scorpio
- 07:17 – 07:22 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