Washington panchang, 6 April 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 16:42 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
06:45 to 19:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta 11:02 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 17:01
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:35 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 16:22
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 20:30
- Karana Balava until 16:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:02 – 11:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 17:01
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:45 – 07:23
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. 05:15 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:49
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:21 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Char | 11:34 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:35 – 20:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:59 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:20 – 06:43 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:53 Aquarius
- 05:53 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:30 Aries
- 08:30 – 10:20 Taurus
- 10:20 – 12:37 Gemini
- 12:37 – 15:07 Cancer
- 15:07 – 17:36 Leo
- 17:36 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 22:35 Libra
- 22:35 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:01 next day Sagittarius
- 03:01 – 04:34 next day Capricorn
- 04:34 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
- 05:49 – 06:43 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