Houston panchang, 25 February 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 19:30 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 18:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 12:34 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:16
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:16 to 06:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:56 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 09:06
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 13:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:56 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:06, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:40 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:56 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:16
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:56 – 05:56 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. 05:11 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:54 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:18 – 09:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:43 – 11:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:09 – 12:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:34 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:00 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:34 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:08 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:17 – 06:51 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
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:19 Capricorn
- 06:19 – 07:45 Aquarius
- 07:45 – 09:09 Pisces
- 09:09 – 10:43 Aries
- 10:43 – 12:38 Taurus
- 12:38 – 14:53 Gemini
- 14:53 – 17:14 Cancer
- 17:14 – 19:33 Leo
- 19:33 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 00:11 next day Libra
- 00:11 – 02:30 next day Scorpio
- 02:30 – 04:34 next day Sagittarius
- 04:34 – 06:15 next day Capricorn
- 06:15 – 06:51 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