Washington panchang, 30 April 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 10:51 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
06:12 to 19:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:48
- Gulika Kalam 16:32 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta 18:08 – 19:04
- Rahu Kalam 18:15 – 19:59
- 12:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:24 Moon enters Cancer
Night
19:59 to 06:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:59
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 21:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:20
- Karana Taitila until 12:59, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:24 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:20 – 17:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:08 – 19:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:15 – 19:59
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. 04:50 – 05:31
- 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 19:59 – 22:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 21:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:12 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:12 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:38 – 11:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:22 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:21 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:10 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
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:31 Pisces
- 05:31 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 08:45 Taurus
- 08:45 – 11:03 Gemini
- 11:03 – 13:33 Cancer
- 13:33 – 16:02 Leo
- 16:02 – 18:31 Virgo
- 18:31 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 23:26 Scorpio
- 23:26 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 02:59 next day Capricorn
- 02:59 – 04:15 next day Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:27 next day Pisces
- 05:27 – 06:10 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