Washington panchang, 19 April 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 03:48 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
06:26 to 19:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:47
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
19:48 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:44
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 23:05
- Karana Vishti until 06:44, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:15 – 06:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:26 – 08:49
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. 05:01 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:48 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:24 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:02 Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 07:39 Aries
- 07:39 – 09:29 Taurus
- 09:29 – 11:46 Gemini
- 11:46 – 14:16 Cancer
- 14:16 – 16:45 Leo
- 16:45 – 19:14 Virgo
- 19:14 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 04:58 next day Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:11 next day Pisces
- 06:11 – 06:24 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