Houston panchang, 24 February 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 18:37 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam 09:44 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:00 – 15:25
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:15 to 06:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 09:06 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 10:50 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:58 next day
- Karana Balava until 19:47, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:25
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. 05:12 – 06:03
- 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 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:19 – 09:44 | Good |
| Rog | 09:44 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:09 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Char | 12:34 – 14:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:00 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:34 – 02:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:08 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:23 Capricorn
- 06:23 – 07:49 Aquarius
- 07:49 – 09:13 Pisces
- 09:13 – 10:47 Aries
- 10:47 – 12:42 Taurus
- 12:42 – 14:57 Gemini
- 14:57 – 17:18 Cancer
- 17:18 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 00:15 next day Libra
- 00:15 – 02:34 next day Scorpio
- 02:34 – 04:38 next day Sagittarius
- 04:38 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
- 06:19 – 06:52 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