Washington panchang, 8 April 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 19:11 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
06:42 to 19:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:25
- Rahu Kalam 09:56 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:24
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
19:37 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:22 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:44
- Karana Vanija until 09:41, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 20:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:44 – 16:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:24
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 02:22 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:22 – 06:40 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. 05:13 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:42 – 09:41
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:19 – 09:56 | Good |
| Rog | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 18:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:00 – 19:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:37 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:00 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:40 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
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:45 Aquarius
- 05:45 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 08:22 Aries
- 08:22 – 10:12 Taurus
- 10:12 – 12:29 Gemini
- 12:29 – 14:59 Cancer
- 14:59 – 17:29 Leo
- 17:29 – 19:57 Virgo
- 19:57 – 22:28 Libra
- 22:28 – 00:52 next day Scorpio
- 00:52 – 02:53 next day Sagittarius
- 02:53 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
- 05:41 – 06:40 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