Washington panchang, 1 May 2028
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 12:02 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
06:10 to 20:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 11:21 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:14
- 11:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
20:00 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:25 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 11:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 12:54
- Karana Vanija until 11:21, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:12 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:25 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:21 – 22:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 13:05
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:54 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:43 – 00:40 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. 04:49 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:10 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:10 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 11:21 | Good |
| Rog | 11:21 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 20:00 | Good |
| Char | 20:00 – 21:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:21 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:09 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:27 Pisces
- 05:27 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 08:41 Taurus
- 08:41 – 10:59 Gemini
- 10:59 – 13:29 Cancer
- 13:29 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 18:27 Virgo
- 18:27 – 20:57 Libra
- 20:57 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:23 next day Sagittarius
- 01:23 – 02:55 next day Capricorn
- 02:55 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:23 next day Pisces
- 05:23 – 06:09 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