Houston panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 22:10 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 14:00
- 09:29 Moon enters Libra
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:18 to 06:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:49
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:25 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:29 Moon enters Libra
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 14:00
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. 05:09 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:18 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:33 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:48 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:07 Capricorn
- 06:07 – 07:33 Aquarius
- 07:33 – 08:57 Pisces
- 08:57 – 10:31 Aries
- 10:31 – 12:26 Taurus
- 12:26 – 14:41 Gemini
- 14:41 – 17:02 Cancer
- 17:02 – 19:21 Leo
- 19:21 – 21:38 Virgo
- 21:38 – 23:59 Libra
- 23:59 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:22 next day Sagittarius
- 04:22 – 06:03 next day Capricorn
- 06:03 – 06:48 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