Washington panchang, 28 April 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 00:13 Chaitra month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 19:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:48
- Gulika Kalam 16:31 – 18:14
- Durmuhurta 18:07 – 19:02
- Rahu Kalam 18:14 – 19:57
- 10:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:57 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:27
- Nakshatra Mula until 19:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 16:35
- Karana Kaulava until 10:43, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:07 – 19:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:14 – 19:57
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. 04:52 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:57 – 22:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 19:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 19:18
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:40 – 11:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:23 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:22 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:56 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:39 Pisces
- 05:39 – 07:03 Aries
- 07:03 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 11:10 Gemini
- 11:10 – 13:40 Cancer
- 13:40 – 16:10 Leo
- 16:10 – 18:38 Virgo
- 18:38 – 21:09 Libra
- 21:09 – 23:33 Scorpio
- 23:33 – 01:35 next day Sagittarius
- 01:35 – 03:07 next day Capricorn
- 03:07 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 05:35 next day Pisces
- 05:35 – 06:13 next day Aries
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method