Washington panchang, 12 January 2029
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 05:48 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
07:27 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:04 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 15:53
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:06 to 07:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:36
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:34 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:15 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:36, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:15 – 03:51 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. 05:32 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:27 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:04 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:41 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:27 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 14:51 Taurus
- 14:51 – 17:08 Gemini
- 17:08 – 19:38 Cancer
- 19:38 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:36 next day Virgo
- 00:36 – 03:07 next day Libra
- 03:07 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 07:27 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