Houston panchang, 21 January 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 14:11 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 12:32 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:48
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:48 to 07:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:52 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:57
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 21:16
- Karana Vishti until 07:57, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:52 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:48
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 17:48 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:13 – 12:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:32 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:51 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:48 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:51 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:55 Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 08:37 Capricorn
- 08:37 – 10:03 Aquarius
- 10:03 – 11:27 Pisces
- 11:27 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 14:56 Taurus
- 14:56 – 17:11 Gemini
- 17:11 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 21:50 Leo
- 21:50 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
- 04:48 – 06:51 next day Sagittarius
- 06:51 – 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