Houston panchang, 8 February 2024
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 06:22 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 18:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta 10:46 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam 13:57 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:52
- 10:13 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:03 to 07:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:32 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:47 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 14:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:39
- Karana Vishti until 10:13, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:13 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:32 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:47 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:46 – 11:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:39 – 07:36 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:52
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. 05:23 – 06:15
- 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 18:03 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:32 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:29 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Char | 11:13 – 12:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:35 – 13:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:57 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:57 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:35 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:07 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
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 05:44 Sagittarius
- 05:44 – 07:26 Capricorn
- 07:26 – 08:52 Aquarius
- 08:52 – 10:16 Pisces
- 10:16 – 11:50 Aries
- 11:50 – 13:45 Taurus
- 13:45 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 18:21 Cancer
- 18:21 – 20:40 Leo
- 20:40 – 22:57 Virgo
- 22:57 – 01:18 next day Libra
- 01:18 – 03:37 next day Scorpio
- 03:37 – 05:40 next day Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 07:07 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