Houston panchang, 1 January 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 22:51 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 11:08 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:29
- 16:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:32 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:58 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 05:41 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 00:12 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:05
- Karana Gara until 16:19, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:58 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:41 – 06:58 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. 05:27 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:12 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:51 – 11:08 | Good |
| Rog | 11:08 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:24 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:32 | Good |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:25 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:08 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 09:55 Capricorn
- 09:55 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:50 Cancer
- 20:50 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:26 next day Virgo
- 01:26 – 03:47 next day Libra
- 03:47 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 07:18 next day Sagittarius
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method