Washington panchang, 4 May 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 15:38 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
06:07 to 20:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:07 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:45 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:15
- 15:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
20:02 to 06:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:03 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:32 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 00:57 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:24, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:03 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:13 – 07:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:45 – 11:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:24 – 21:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:32 – 06:06 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. 04:46 – 05:27
- 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 20:02 – 22:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 15:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:07 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:51 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Char | 11:20 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 20:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:18 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:16 Pisces
- 05:16 – 06:40 Aries
- 06:40 – 08:30 Taurus
- 08:30 – 10:47 Gemini
- 10:47 – 13:17 Cancer
- 13:17 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:11 next day Sagittarius
- 01:11 – 02:44 next day Capricorn
- 02:44 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 06:06 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