Washington panchang, 2 May 2029
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 00:04 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
06:09 to 20:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 11:21 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:49
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:00 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 22:36
- Karana Taitila until 17:32, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:49
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. 04:48 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:21 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:16 – 20:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:20 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:56 Gemini
- 10:56 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:55 Leo
- 15:55 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 23:19 Scorpio
- 23:19 – 01:20 next day Sagittarius
- 01:20 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:21 next day Pisces
- 05:21 – 06:08 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