Washington panchang, 23 March 2029
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 19:22 Moonrise 12:15 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
07:07 to 19:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta 09:34 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:18 – 17:50
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:22 to 07:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:22 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:40
- Nakshatra Ardra until 00:32 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:52
- Karana Bava until 15:40, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:34 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:50
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. 05:33 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:22 – 21:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:32 – 07:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:32 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:07 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:05 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
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:34 Capricorn
- 05:34 – 06:49 Aquarius
- 06:49 – 08:02 Pisces
- 08:02 – 09:26 Aries
- 09:26 – 11:16 Taurus
- 11:16 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 18:32 Leo
- 18:32 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 23:32 Libra
- 23:32 – 01:56 next day Scorpio
- 01:56 – 03:57 next day Sagittarius
- 03:57 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:45 next day Aquarius
- 06:45 – 07:05 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