Houston panchang, 21 February 2024
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 15:49 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 13:59
- 12:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:13 to 06:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:52 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 05:13 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:42 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:52, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:59
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. 05:14 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:13 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:20 – 06:55 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 06:35 Capricorn
- 06:35 – 08:01 Aquarius
- 08:01 – 09:25 Pisces
- 09:25 – 10:59 Aries
- 10:59 – 12:54 Taurus
- 12:54 – 15:09 Gemini
- 15:09 – 17:30 Cancer
- 17:30 – 19:48 Leo
- 19:48 – 22:06 Virgo
- 22:06 – 00:27 next day Libra
- 00:27 – 02:46 next day Scorpio
- 02:46 – 04:49 next day Sagittarius
- 04:49 – 06:31 next day Capricorn
- 06:31 – 06:55 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