Washington panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 08:44 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
07:22 to 16:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:36
- Durmuhurta 15:31 – 16:09
- Rahu Kalam 15:36 – 16:46
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
16:46 to 07:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 19:53
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:22
- Karana Balava until 07:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:31 – 16:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:36 – 16:46
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 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:27 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:22 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:33 – 09:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:43 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:25 | Good |
| Rog | 14:25 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:36 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:46 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:36 – 20:25 | Good |
| Char | 20:25 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:33 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 07:13 next day Scorpio
- 07:13 – 07:23 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