Washington panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 23:58 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
06:36 to 19:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:47
- 10:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:41 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 21:42 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:42
- Karana Bava until 10:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 21:42 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:42 – 21:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:47
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. 05:08 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:34 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:29 Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 08:06 Aries
- 08:06 – 09:56 Taurus
- 09:56 – 12:14 Gemini
- 12:14 – 14:43 Cancer
- 14:43 – 17:13 Leo
- 17:13 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 22:12 Libra
- 22:12 – 00:36 next day Scorpio
- 00:36 – 02:38 next day Sagittarius
- 02:38 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:26 next day Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:34 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