Washington panchang, 15 April 2028
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 01:43 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
06:32 to 19:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:26
- 10:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
19:44 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 23:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 23:40
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:09 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 19:41
- Karana Vishti until 10:53, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 23:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:26
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. 05:05 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 00:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:11 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 18:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:05 – 19:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:44 – 21:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:30 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
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:18 Aquarius
- 05:18 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 09:44 Taurus
- 09:44 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 14:32 Cancer
- 14:32 – 17:01 Leo
- 17:01 – 19:30 Virgo
- 19:30 – 22:00 Libra
- 22:00 – 00:25 next day Scorpio
- 00:25 – 02:26 next day Sagittarius
- 02:26 – 03:58 next day Capricorn
- 03:58 – 05:14 next day Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:26 next day Pisces
- 06:26 – 06:30 next day Aries
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