Washington panchang, 16 April 2029
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 07:40 Chaitra 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
06:30 to 19:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:28 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:06
- 11:20 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:45 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:56 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:59
- Karana Taitila until 11:20, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:59 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:06
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. 05:04 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:56 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:56 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:28 | Good |
| Rog | 11:28 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:45 | Good |
| Char | 19:45 – 21:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:29 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:15 Aquarius
- 05:15 – 06:27 Pisces
- 06:27 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:58 Leo
- 16:58 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 00:22 next day Scorpio
- 00:22 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:11 next day Aquarius
- 05:11 – 06:23 next day Pisces
- 06:23 – 06:29 next day Aries
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