Washington panchang, 31 January 2029
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 19:34 Magha 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
07:16 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:38
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:27 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:20
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:15 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:43
- Karana Taitila until 08:51, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:38
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:00 – 07:24 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:48 – 16:15 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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:32 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:22 Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 07:54 Capricorn
- 07:54 – 09:10 Aquarius
- 09:10 – 10:22 Pisces
- 10:22 – 11:47 Aries
- 11:47 – 13:36 Taurus
- 13:36 – 15:54 Gemini
- 15:54 – 18:24 Cancer
- 18:24 – 20:53 Leo
- 20:53 – 23:22 Virgo
- 23:22 – 01:52 next day Libra
- 01:52 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 07:15 next day Capricorn
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