Houston panchang, 18 February 2024
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 12:58 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 18:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 12:35 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:11
- 08:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:24 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:11 to 06:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:30 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 21:20
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 00:30 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:59, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:30 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:11
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 – 06:08
- 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 18:11 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:59 – 23:03
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:59 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:23 – 09:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:47 – 11:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:11 – 12:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:35 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:11 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:22 – 06:58 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
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:46 Capricorn
- 06:46 – 08:13 Aquarius
- 08:13 – 09:36 Pisces
- 09:36 – 11:11 Aries
- 11:11 – 13:06 Taurus
- 13:06 – 15:21 Gemini
- 15:21 – 17:42 Cancer
- 17:42 – 20:00 Leo
- 20:00 – 22:18 Virgo
- 22:18 – 00:38 next day Libra
- 00:38 – 02:57 next day Scorpio
- 02:57 – 05:01 next day Sagittarius
- 05:01 – 06:43 next day Capricorn
- 06:43 – 06:58 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