Washington panchang, 16 May 2029
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 08:04 Vaishakha 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
05:55 to 20:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:52
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:13 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 11:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:50, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:04 – 04:04 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. 04:38 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:13 – 22:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 11:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:32 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:26 – 20:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:43 Taurus
- 07:43 – 10:01 Gemini
- 10:01 – 12:31 Cancer
- 12:31 – 15:00 Leo
- 15:00 – 17:29 Virgo
- 17:29 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:25 next day Sagittarius
- 00:25 – 01:57 next day Capricorn
- 01:57 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 04:26 next day Pisces
- 04:26 – 05:50 next day Aries
- 05:50 – 05:54 next day Taurus
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