Washington panchang, 18 April 2029
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 09:12 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
06:28 to 19:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:47
- 14:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:09 Moon enters Gemini
Night
19:47 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:17 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 06:00 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 20:25
- Karana Bava until 14:43, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:09 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:25 – 22:49
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. 05:02 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:47 – 21:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 06:00 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:26 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:07 Aquarius
- 05:07 – 06:20 Pisces
- 06:20 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:33 Taurus
- 09:33 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 16:50 Leo
- 16:50 – 19:19 Virgo
- 19:19 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 03:48 next day Capricorn
- 03:48 – 05:03 next day Aquarius
- 05:03 – 06:16 next day Pisces
- 06:16 – 06:26 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