Washington panchang, 29 December 2028
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 15:02 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
07:27 to 16:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 15:42
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:38 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
16:53 to 07:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 13:07
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 16:38
- Karana Taitila until 13:07, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:38 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:42
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. 05:30 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:40 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:27 – 08:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:38 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Char | 15:42 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:42 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:32 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:59 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:49 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:27 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
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:04 Capricorn
- 10:04 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 12:32 Pisces
- 12:32 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 15:46 Taurus
- 15:46 – 18:03 Gemini
- 18:03 – 20:33 Cancer
- 20:33 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 07:27 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