Washington panchang, 20 March 2029
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 09:39 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
07:12 to 19:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:26
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:48
- 12:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
19:19 to 07:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:18
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 14:29
- Karana Balava until 12:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:48
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. 05:37 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:12 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:05 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:12 – 08:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:48 | Good |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:41 – 07:10 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
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 05:46 Capricorn
- 05:46 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 08:14 Pisces
- 08:14 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:45 Gemini
- 13:45 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:44 Leo
- 18:44 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 02:08 next day Scorpio
- 02:08 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 05:42 next day Capricorn
- 05:42 – 06:57 next day Aquarius
- 06:57 – 07:10 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