Houston panchang, 26 January 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 18:54 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:14 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:32
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:52 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 13:50
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:38
- Karana Kaulava until 13:50, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:32
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 01:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:31 – 07:15 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. 05:28 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:15 – 13:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:14 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:34 – 13:53 | Good |
| Rog | 13:53 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:53 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:33 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:36 Sagittarius
- 06:36 – 08:17 Capricorn
- 08:17 – 09:43 Aquarius
- 09:43 – 11:07 Pisces
- 11:07 – 12:41 Aries
- 12:41 – 14:36 Taurus
- 14:36 – 16:51 Gemini
- 16:51 – 19:12 Cancer
- 19:12 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:28 next day Scorpio
- 04:28 – 06:32 next day Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 07:15 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