Washington panchang, 4 May 2029
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 01:29 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
06:07 to 20:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:33 – 18:18
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:02 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 17:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 20:36
- Karana Bava until 17:21, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:47 – 13:54
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. 04:46 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:02 – 22:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 09:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:00 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 11:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:20 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Char | 18:18 – 20:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:41 Aries
- 06:41 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 13:18 Cancer
- 13:18 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:46 Libra
- 20:46 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 02:45 next day Capricorn
- 02:45 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:13 next day Pisces
- 05:13 – 06:06 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