Washington panchang, 29 April 2028
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 09:42 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
06:13 to 19:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:13 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta 07:08 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:39 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:31
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
19:58 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:30
- Karana Balava until 14:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:08 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 11:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:31
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. 04:51 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:58 – 22:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:53 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:13 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:39 | Good |
| Rog | 09:39 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:22 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:15 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:05 – 02:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:21 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:00 Aries
- 07:00 – 08:49 Taurus
- 08:49 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:37 Cancer
- 13:37 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:35 Virgo
- 18:35 – 21:05 Libra
- 21:05 – 23:30 Scorpio
- 23:30 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 06:12 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