Houston panchang, 17 February 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 12:08 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 18:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:23
- 08:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:10 to 06:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:08 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:46
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:52 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:08 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:41, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:08 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:08 – 02:20 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. 05:17 – 06:09
- 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 18:10 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:00 – 21:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 21:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 06:59 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:00 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:24 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:11 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Char | 12:35 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:35 – 02:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:11 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:23 – 06:59 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
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:50 Capricorn
- 06:50 – 08:17 Aquarius
- 08:17 – 09:40 Pisces
- 09:40 – 11:15 Aries
- 11:15 – 13:10 Taurus
- 13:10 – 15:24 Gemini
- 15:24 – 17:46 Cancer
- 17:46 – 20:04 Leo
- 20:04 – 22:22 Virgo
- 22:22 – 00:42 next day Libra
- 00:42 – 03:01 next day Scorpio
- 03:01 – 05:05 next day Sagittarius
- 05:05 – 06:46 next day Capricorn
- 06:46 – 06:59 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