Houston panchang, 20 February 2024
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 14:51 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 18:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 09:46 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 12:35 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 16:48
- 11:09 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:12 to 06:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:58
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:47 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 00:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:09, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:48
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. 05:15 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:58 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:22 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Char | 09:46 – 11:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:10 – 12:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:35 – 13:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:59 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:34 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:10 – 03:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:45 – 05:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:21 – 06:56 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
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 06:39 Capricorn
- 06:39 – 08:05 Aquarius
- 08:05 – 09:29 Pisces
- 09:29 – 11:03 Aries
- 11:03 – 12:58 Taurus
- 12:58 – 15:13 Gemini
- 15:13 – 17:34 Cancer
- 17:34 – 19:52 Leo
- 19:52 – 22:10 Virgo
- 22:10 – 00:30 next day Libra
- 00:30 – 02:50 next day Scorpio
- 02:50 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
- 04:53 – 06:35 next day Capricorn
- 06:35 – 06:56 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