Houston panchang, 11 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 07:45 Pausha 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 17:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta 10:45 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:35
- 11:35 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:27 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:39 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:53 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:48 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 02:34 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:27, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:35 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:45 – 11:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:34 – 03:46 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. 05:29 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Char | 11:11 – 12:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:29 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 17:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:39 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:22 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:29 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:11 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:31 Scorpio
- 05:31 – 07:35 Sagittarius
- 07:35 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 10:42 Aquarius
- 10:42 – 12:06 Pisces
- 12:06 – 13:40 Aries
- 13:40 – 15:35 Taurus
- 15:35 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:11 Cancer
- 20:11 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 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