Washington panchang, 20 April 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 04:11 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
06:24 to 19:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:46 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta 10:53 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:08
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:49 to 06:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:58 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 23:58
- Karana Balava until 09:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:58 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:53 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:08
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. 05:00 – 05:42
- 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 19:49 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:46 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Char | 11:26 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:08 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 07:35 Aries
- 07:35 – 09:25 Taurus
- 09:25 – 11:42 Gemini
- 11:42 – 14:12 Cancer
- 14:12 – 16:41 Leo
- 16:41 – 19:10 Virgo
- 19:10 – 21:40 Libra
- 21:40 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 03:39 next day Capricorn
- 03:39 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 06:23 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