Houston panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 00:36 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 17:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:09
- Durmuhurta 10:43 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:31
- 10:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:34 to 07:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Moon enters Libra
- 19:18 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 10:35
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:19 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:18
- Karana Kaulava until 10:35, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:16 Moon enters Libra
- 19:18 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:43 – 11:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:31
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 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 17:34 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:35 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Char | 11:09 – 12:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:26 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:34 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 21:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:26 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:09 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:18 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 08:02 Sagittarius
- 08:02 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:17 Gemini
- 18:17 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 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