Washington panchang, 3 April 2028
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 12:59 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
06:49 to 19:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:25 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 11:36 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:36
- Durmuhurta 13:36 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 17:00
- 09:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
19:33 to 06:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:40
- Karana Balava until 13:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:36 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 17:00
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. 05:19 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:30 – 06:48 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:30 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:25 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:33 | Good |
| Char | 19:33 – 20:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:24 – 06:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:05 Aquarius
- 06:05 – 07:18 Pisces
- 07:18 – 08:42 Aries
- 08:42 – 10:31 Taurus
- 10:31 – 12:49 Gemini
- 12:49 – 15:19 Cancer
- 15:19 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 20:17 Virgo
- 20:17 – 22:47 Libra
- 22:47 – 01:12 next day Scorpio
- 01:12 – 03:13 next day Sagittarius
- 03:13 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 06:01 next day Aquarius
- 06:01 – 06:48 next day Pisces
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