Houston panchang, 29 January 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 21:36 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 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:14 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:54 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:46
- 07:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 08:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:14 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:55 to 07:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:24
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:12
- Karana Bava until 08:02, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 08:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:14 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:46
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 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:14 | Good |
| Rog | 11:14 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:34 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Char | 13:54 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:34 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:54 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:34 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 07:13 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
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:24 Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 08:05 Capricorn
- 08:05 – 09:31 Aquarius
- 09:31 – 10:55 Pisces
- 10:55 – 12:29 Aries
- 12:29 – 14:24 Taurus
- 14:24 – 16:39 Gemini
- 16:39 – 19:00 Cancer
- 19:00 – 21:19 Leo
- 21:19 – 23:36 Virgo
- 23:36 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 04:16 next day Scorpio
- 04:16 – 06:20 next day Sagittarius
- 06:20 – 07:13 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