Houston panchang, 16 February 2024
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 11:24 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 16:46
- 09:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:09 to 07:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:13 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 02:13 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:13 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:13 – 01:08 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. 05:18 – 06:10
- 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 18:09 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:16 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:01 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 09:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:48 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:35 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:11 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 07:00 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
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:54 Capricorn
- 06:54 – 08:21 Aquarius
- 08:21 – 09:44 Pisces
- 09:44 – 11:18 Aries
- 11:18 – 13:13 Taurus
- 13:13 – 15:28 Gemini
- 15:28 – 17:50 Cancer
- 17:50 – 20:08 Leo
- 20:08 – 22:26 Virgo
- 22:26 – 00:46 next day Libra
- 00:46 – 03:05 next day Scorpio
- 03:05 – 05:09 next day Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 06:50 next day Capricorn
- 06:50 – 07:00 next day Aquarius
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