Houston panchang, 9 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 05:42 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 09:53 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam 12:28 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:20
- 09:41 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:41 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:38 to 07:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:52
- Karana Vanija until 10:55, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:41 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:41 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 21:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:20
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. 05:29 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 10:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:36 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:11 – 12:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:28 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:38 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 21:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:28 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:11 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:42 Sagittarius
- 07:42 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 12:14 Pisces
- 12:14 – 13:48 Aries
- 13:48 – 15:43 Taurus
- 15:43 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:19 Cancer
- 20:19 – 22:38 Leo
- 22:38 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 03:16 next day Libra
- 03:16 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:19 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