Houston panchang, 27 February 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 21:16 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 18:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 09:42 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 12:34 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 16:52
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:17 to 06:49 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:46 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 14:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 05:46 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:23, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:46 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:54 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 00:55 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 23:47 – 02:03 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. 05:10 – 06:00
- 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 18:17 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:50 – 14:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Char | 09:42 – 11:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:08 – 12:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:34 – 14:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:00 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 16:52 | Good |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:17 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:51 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:33 – 02:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:07 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:49 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
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:11 Capricorn
- 06:11 – 07:37 Aquarius
- 07:37 – 09:01 Pisces
- 09:01 – 10:35 Aries
- 10:35 – 12:30 Taurus
- 12:30 – 14:45 Gemini
- 14:45 – 17:06 Cancer
- 17:06 – 19:25 Leo
- 19:25 – 21:42 Virgo
- 21:42 – 00:03 next day Libra
- 00:03 – 02:22 next day Scorpio
- 02:22 – 04:26 next day Sagittarius
- 04:26 – 06:07 next day Capricorn
- 06:07 – 06:49 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