Washington panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 15:27 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
06:46 to 19:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam 11:34 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:46
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:11 Moon enters Leo
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:28 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:35 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:14 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:28
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 00:14 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:55, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:11 Moon enters Leo
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:14 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:44 – 05:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:55 – 12:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:11 – 19:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:14 – 02:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:27 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:30 – 06:45 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. 05:17 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:46 – 12:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:28 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:22 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:34 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:35 – 20:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:57 Aquarius
- 05:57 – 07:10 Pisces
- 07:10 – 08:34 Aries
- 08:34 – 10:24 Taurus
- 10:24 – 12:41 Gemini
- 12:41 – 15:11 Cancer
- 15:11 – 17:40 Leo
- 17:40 – 20:09 Virgo
- 20:09 – 22:39 Libra
- 22:39 – 01:04 next day Scorpio
- 01:04 – 03:05 next day Sagittarius
- 03:05 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 05:53 next day Aquarius
- 05:53 – 06:45 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