Washington panchang, 8 April 2029
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 04:00 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
06:42 to 19:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:23 – 18:00
- Durmuhurta 17:54 – 18:46
- Rahu Kalam 18:00 – 19:37
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:56 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:37 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 08:09 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:11 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:49
- Karana Bava until 19:10, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:56 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 18:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:54 – 18:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:00 – 19:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:34 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:27 – 05:41 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. 05:13 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:19 – 09:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:56 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:23 | Good |
| Rog | 16:23 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:18 – 06:41 next day | Good |
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
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:46 Aquarius
- 05:46 – 06:59 Pisces
- 06:59 – 08:23 Aries
- 08:23 – 10:13 Taurus
- 10:13 – 12:30 Gemini
- 12:30 – 15:00 Cancer
- 15:00 – 17:30 Leo
- 17:30 – 19:58 Virgo
- 19:58 – 22:29 Libra
- 22:29 – 00:53 next day Scorpio
- 00:53 – 02:54 next day Sagittarius
- 02:54 – 04:27 next day Capricorn
- 04:27 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 06:41 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