Houston panchang, 29 February 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 23:07 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam 09:41 – 11:07
- Durmuhurta 10:38 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam 14:00 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:01
Night
18:19 to 06:47 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 06:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 18:52
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:18 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:44 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:52, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 06:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:38 – 11:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:44 – 10:20 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. 05:08 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:48 – 18:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:18 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:14 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:41 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Char | 11:07 – 12:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:34 – 14:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:00 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:52 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:33 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:06 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:47 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
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 07:29 Aquarius
- 07:29 – 08:53 Pisces
- 08:53 – 10:27 Aries
- 10:27 – 12:22 Taurus
- 12:22 – 14:37 Gemini
- 14:37 – 16:59 Cancer
- 16:59 – 19:17 Leo
- 19:17 – 21:35 Virgo
- 21:35 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 02:14 next day Scorpio
- 02:14 – 04:18 next day Sagittarius
- 04:18 – 05:59 next day Capricorn
- 05:59 – 06:47 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