Washington panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 17:17 Vaishakha 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
06:15 to 19:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 09:40 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 18:13
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
19:56 to 06:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 09:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:34
- Karana Balava until 09:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 11:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:13
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 19:56 – 22:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:22 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:15 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:57 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Char | 09:40 – 11:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:23 – 13:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:05 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:13 | Good |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:05 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:22 – 03:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:39 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:13 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
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:41 Pisces
- 05:41 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 08:55 Taurus
- 08:55 – 11:13 Gemini
- 11:13 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:35 Scorpio
- 23:35 – 01:37 next day Sagittarius
- 01:37 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:25 next day Aquarius
- 04:25 – 05:37 next day Pisces
- 05:37 – 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