Houston panchang, 5 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 01:31 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:17
- 08:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:34 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:16
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:17
- Karana Gara until 12:16, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:17
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) 12:06 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:26 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:26 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:09 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:54 Scorpio
- 05:54 – 07:58 Sagittarius
- 07:58 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 11:06 Aquarius
- 11:06 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:53 Leo
- 22:53 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 03:31 next day Libra
- 03:31 – 05:50 next day Scorpio
- 05:50 – 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