Houston panchang, 4 February 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 02:17 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 12:35 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:00
Night
18:00 to 07:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:55 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 23:21
- Karana Vanija until 18:14, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 18:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:21 – 02:57 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 20:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:23 – 07:10 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. 05:25 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:31 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:14 – 12:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:35 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:38 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:35 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:00 Sagittarius
- 06:00 – 07:42 Capricorn
- 07:42 – 09:08 Aquarius
- 09:08 – 10:32 Pisces
- 10:32 – 12:06 Aries
- 12:06 – 14:01 Taurus
- 14:01 – 16:16 Gemini
- 16:16 – 18:37 Cancer
- 18:37 – 20:55 Leo
- 20:55 – 23:13 Virgo
- 23:13 – 01:33 next day Libra
- 01:33 – 03:52 next day Scorpio
- 03:52 – 05:56 next day Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 07:10 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