Washington panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 03:23 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
06:27 to 19:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 09:47 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 18:07
- 17:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:15 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
19:47 to 06:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:49 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 22:03
- Karana Vanija until 17:26, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 17:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:15 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:15 – 06:44 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 06:26 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:19 – 20:35
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. 05:02 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:27 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:07 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Char | 09:47 – 11:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:27 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 18:07 | Good |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:46 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:06 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:06 Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:32 Taurus
- 09:32 – 11:50 Gemini
- 11:50 – 14:20 Cancer
- 14:20 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 19:18 Virgo
- 19:18 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 03:47 next day Capricorn
- 03:47 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:15 next day Pisces
- 06:15 – 06:26 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