Washington panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 06:58 Vaishakha 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
06:17 to 19:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:48
- 16:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:17 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:55 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:55 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:04 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:17
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 22:28
- Karana Kaulava until 16:17, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:04 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:48
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. 04:54 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:55 – 21:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 22:04
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 22:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 16:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:04 – 06:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:04 – 04:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:15 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:11 Aries
- 07:11 – 09:01 Taurus
- 09:01 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:48 Cancer
- 13:48 – 16:18 Leo
- 16:18 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 21:17 Libra
- 21:17 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:42 next day Sagittarius
- 01:42 – 03:15 next day Capricorn
- 03:15 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 05:43 next day Pisces
- 05:43 – 06:15 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