Houston panchang, 23 February 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 17:43 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:19 – 09:44
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 16:50
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:55 Moon enters Leo
- 17:15 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:15 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 06:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:30 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:15, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:55 Moon enters Leo
- 17:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 06:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:04 – 07:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:55 – 17:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:50
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:54 – 07:55
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:55 – 06:53 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. 05:13 – 06:04
- 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 18:15 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:54 – 07:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:19 – 09:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:44 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 14:00 | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:34 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:09 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:19 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:27 Capricorn
- 06:27 – 07:53 Aquarius
- 07:53 – 09:17 Pisces
- 09:17 – 10:51 Aries
- 10:51 – 12:46 Taurus
- 12:46 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 17:22 Cancer
- 17:22 – 19:41 Leo
- 19:41 – 21:58 Virgo
- 21:58 – 00:19 next day Libra
- 00:19 – 02:38 next day Scorpio
- 02:38 – 04:42 next day Sagittarius
- 04:42 – 06:23 next day Capricorn
- 06:23 – 06:53 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