Houston panchang, 2 February 2024
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 00:17 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 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:04
- Rahu Kalam 11:14 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:37
- 17:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:58 to 07:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:51 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 01:21 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:04 – 12:17
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 17:58 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:12 – 08:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:32 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:14 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 13:56 | Good |
| Rog | 13:56 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:55 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:34 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:11 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
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:08 Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 07:49 Capricorn
- 07:49 – 09:16 Aquarius
- 09:16 – 10:39 Pisces
- 10:39 – 12:14 Aries
- 12:14 – 14:09 Taurus
- 14:09 – 16:23 Gemini
- 16:23 – 18:45 Cancer
- 18:45 – 21:03 Leo
- 21:03 – 23:21 Virgo
- 23:21 – 01:41 next day Libra
- 01:41 – 04:00 next day Scorpio
- 04:00 – 06:04 next day Sagittarius
- 06:04 – 07:11 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