Houston panchang, 1 February 2024
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:57 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:14
- Durmuhurta 10:47 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam 13:55 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:48
- 15:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:57 to 07:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:33 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 01:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:38, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:47 – 11:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:48
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:24 – 03:48 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. 05:26 – 06:19
- 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 17:57 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:33 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Char | 11:14 – 12:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:35 – 13:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:55 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:34 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:14 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:32 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:12 Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 07:53 Capricorn
- 07:53 – 09:20 Aquarius
- 09:20 – 10:43 Pisces
- 10:43 – 12:17 Aries
- 12:17 – 14:12 Taurus
- 14:12 – 16:27 Gemini
- 16:27 – 18:49 Cancer
- 18:49 – 21:07 Leo
- 21:07 – 23:25 Virgo
- 23:25 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 06:08 next day Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 07:12 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