Houston panchang, 19 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 12:45 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:13 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:27
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:46 to 07:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:22 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:22
- Nakshatra Bharani until 15:20 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 23:35
- Karana Kaulava until 08:22, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:22 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:20 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:18 – 15:23
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 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:13 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:32 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:17 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
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 05:02 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)
- 05:29 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 10:11 Aquarius
- 10:11 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 13:09 Aries
- 13:09 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:18 Gemini
- 17:18 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 06:59 next day Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 07:17 next day Capricorn
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