Houston panchang, 28 January 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 20:43 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 12:34 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 17:54
Night
17:54 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:13 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:41
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:27 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:13
- Karana Vishti until 18:41, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:13 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:22 – 18:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 17:54
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:13 – 00:37 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. 05:27 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:34 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:14 – 12:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:34 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:54 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:34 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:14 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:09 Capricorn
- 08:09 – 09:35 Aquarius
- 09:35 – 10:59 Pisces
- 10:59 – 12:33 Aries
- 12:33 – 14:28 Taurus
- 14:28 – 16:43 Gemini
- 16:43 – 19:04 Cancer
- 19:04 – 21:23 Leo
- 21:23 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 04:20 next day Scorpio
- 04:20 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 07:14 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