Washington panchang, 17 April 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 02:55 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
06:29 to 19:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 11:28 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:07
- 14:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:46 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:46 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 04:07 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:41 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:01
- Karana Taitila until 14:52, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:01 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:07
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. 05:03 – 05:46
- 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 19:46 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 05:41 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 11:28 | Good |
| Rog | 11:28 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:46 | Good |
| Char | 19:46 – 21:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:36 Taurus
- 09:36 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 19:22 Virgo
- 19:22 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 03:51 next day Capricorn
- 03:51 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:19 next day Pisces
- 06:19 – 06:27 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