Houston panchang, 5 February 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 03:21 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 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:14 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:50
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:01 to 07:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:19 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 04:37 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 20:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:19
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:19 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:50
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. 05:24 – 06:17
- 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 18:01 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:14 | Good |
| Rog | 11:14 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:30 – 07:09 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
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:56 Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 07:38 Capricorn
- 07:38 – 09:04 Aquarius
- 09:04 – 10:28 Pisces
- 10:28 – 12:02 Aries
- 12:02 – 13:57 Taurus
- 13:57 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 18:33 Cancer
- 18:33 – 20:51 Leo
- 20:51 – 23:09 Virgo
- 23:09 – 01:29 next day Libra
- 01:29 – 03:49 next day Scorpio
- 03:49 – 05:52 next day Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 07:09 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