Houston panchang, 22 January 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 15:03 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 17:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:14 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 13:52 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:42
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:49 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:43 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 20:34
- Karana Balava until 08:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:34 – 20:09 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 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:17 – 17:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 17:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:28 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:14 | Good |
| Rog | 11:14 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:33 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Char | 13:52 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 17:49 | Good |
| Char | 17:49 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:16 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:51 Sagittarius
- 06:51 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 09:59 Aquarius
- 09:59 – 11:23 Pisces
- 11:23 – 12:57 Aries
- 12:57 – 14:52 Taurus
- 14:52 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 19:28 Cancer
- 19:28 – 21:46 Leo
- 21:46 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:24 next day Libra
- 02:24 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 06:47 next day Sagittarius
- 06:47 – 07:16 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