Washington panchang, 4 April 2029
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 01:23 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
06:48 to 19:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- 15:55 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:08 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:33 to 06:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 15:55
- Karana Vishti until 16:08, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:55 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:55 – 03:15 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. 05:18 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:48 – 23:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:48 – 03:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:33 – 20:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 06:47 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:02 Aquarius
- 06:02 – 07:15 Pisces
- 07:15 – 08:39 Aries
- 08:39 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:46 Gemini
- 12:46 – 15:16 Cancer
- 15:16 – 17:45 Leo
- 17:45 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:44 Libra
- 22:44 – 01:09 next day Scorpio
- 01:09 – 03:10 next day Sagittarius
- 03:10 – 04:43 next day Capricorn
- 04:43 – 05:58 next day Aquarius
- 05:58 – 06:47 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