Washington panchang, 7 January 2029
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 00:12 Pausha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 17:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:49 – 17:01
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:54 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:01 to 07:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:51 Moon enters Libra
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 07:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:24
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:54
- Karana Balava until 08:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:54 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:51 Moon enters Libra
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 07:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:01
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. 05:32 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:28 – 08:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 08:32
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:39 – 09:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:51 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:49 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 11:57 Pisces
- 11:57 – 13:21 Aries
- 13:21 – 15:11 Taurus
- 15:11 – 17:28 Gemini
- 17:28 – 19:58 Cancer
- 19:58 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:26 next day Libra
- 03:26 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 07:28 next day Sagittarius
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method