Washington panchang, 23 December 2028
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 11:35 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
07:25 to 16:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:46 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:28
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:49 to 07:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:00 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:34 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:43
- Karana Vishti until 16:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:54 – 16:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:28 – 16:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:28
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. 05:28 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 09:46 | Good |
| Rog | 09:46 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:39 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:10 Taurus
- 16:10 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 06:50 next day Scorpio
- 06:50 – 07:26 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