Washington panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 02:22 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
06:30 to 19:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:26 – 18:06
- Durmuhurta 17:59 – 18:52
- Rahu Kalam 18:06 – 19:45
- 06:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:45 to 06:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:41 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 02:43 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 20:11
- Karana Balava until 12:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:59 – 18:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:06 – 19:45
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. 05:04 – 05:47
- 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 19:45 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 02:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:49 – 11:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:28 – 13:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:08 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:26 Pisces
- 06:26 – 07:51 Aries
- 07:51 – 09:40 Taurus
- 09:40 – 11:58 Gemini
- 11:58 – 14:28 Cancer
- 14:28 – 16:57 Leo
- 16:57 – 19:26 Virgo
- 19:26 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 03:54 next day Capricorn
- 03:54 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:22 next day Pisces
- 06:22 – 06:29 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