Washington panchang, 21 April 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 04:33 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
06:23 to 19:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam 11:26 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:28 – 18:09
- 07:58 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 11:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
19:50 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 11:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 00:36 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:34, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:58 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 11:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 18:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:36 – 00:53 next day
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. 04:59 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:50 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:45 – 11:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:26 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:25 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:31 Aries
- 07:31 – 09:21 Taurus
- 09:21 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 14:08 Cancer
- 14:08 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 19:06 Virgo
- 19:06 – 21:37 Libra
- 21:37 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:02 next day Sagittarius
- 02:02 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 04:50 next day Aquarius
- 04:50 – 06:03 next day Pisces
- 06:03 – 06:22 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