Washington panchang, 9 April 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 20:26 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
06:40 to 19:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:24 – 18:01
- Durmuhurta 17:55 – 18:47
- Rahu Kalam 18:01 – 19:38
- 08:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:12 Moon enters Libra
- 16:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:38 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:28 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:07 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:57
- Karana Balava until 16:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:12 Moon enters Libra
- 16:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 18:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:55 – 18:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:01 – 19:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:26 – 06:38 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. 05:12 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:18 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:32 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:24 | Good |
| Rog | 16:24 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:31 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 08:18 Aries
- 08:18 – 10:08 Taurus
- 10:08 – 12:25 Gemini
- 12:25 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 19:53 Virgo
- 19:53 – 22:24 Libra
- 22:24 – 00:48 next day Scorpio
- 00:48 – 02:49 next day Sagittarius
- 02:49 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 06:39 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