Houston panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:33 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:42
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:33 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:18
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 18:50
- Karana Bava until 08:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:50 – 21:14
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. 05:28 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 06:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 08:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:33 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:02 Scorpio
- 06:02 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:14 Aquarius
- 11:14 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 05:58 next day Scorpio
- 05:58 – 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