Washington panchang, 16 March 2029
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 19:15 Moonrise 07:34 Chaitra (adhika) 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
07:18 to 19:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:29
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:16 – 17:45
- 08:44 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 11:19 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:15 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:15 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:13 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:44 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 11:19
- Karana Balava until 15:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:44 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 11:19 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:45
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. 05:41 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:15 – 21:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:44 – 07:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:44 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:46 – 07:16 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
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 06:01 Capricorn
- 06:01 – 07:17 Aquarius
- 07:17 – 08:29 Pisces
- 08:29 – 09:54 Aries
- 09:54 – 11:43 Taurus
- 11:43 – 14:01 Gemini
- 14:01 – 16:31 Cancer
- 16:31 – 19:00 Leo
- 19:00 – 21:29 Virgo
- 21:29 – 23:59 Libra
- 23:59 – 02:24 next day Scorpio
- 02:24 – 04:25 next day Sagittarius
- 04:25 – 05:57 next day Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:13 next day Aquarius
- 07:13 – 07:16 next day Pisces
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