Washington panchang, 24 December 2028
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 11:59 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
07:26 to 16:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:34 – 16:12
- Rahu Kalam 15:39 – 16:50
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
16:50 to 07:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:24 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:34 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 17:31
- Karana Balava until 19:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:34 – 16:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:39 – 16:50
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:31 – 05:49 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. 05:29 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 09:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:34 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 09:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:47 – 10:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:57 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:39 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:53 Cancer
- 20:53 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:46 next day Scorpio
- 06:46 – 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