Houston panchang, 9 February 2024
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 07:10 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam 11:13 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 16:42
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 11:59 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:59 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:04 to 07:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:59 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:36
- Karana Naga until 16:59, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 11:59 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:59 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 22:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:42
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:23 – 13:15 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. 05:22 – 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 18:04 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:07 – 11:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:59 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:07 – 08:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:29 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:13 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 13:57 | Good |
| Rog | 13:57 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:57 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:35 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:13 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:28 – 07:06 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
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 05:40 Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 07:22 Capricorn
- 07:22 – 08:48 Aquarius
- 08:48 – 10:12 Pisces
- 10:12 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 13:41 Taurus
- 13:41 – 15:56 Gemini
- 15:56 – 18:17 Cancer
- 18:17 – 20:36 Leo
- 20:36 – 22:53 Virgo
- 22:53 – 01:14 next day Libra
- 01:14 – 03:33 next day Scorpio
- 03:33 – 05:37 next day Sagittarius
- 05:37 – 07:06 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