Houston panchang, 1 March 2024
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 18:20 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam 11:07 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:53
- 07:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:20 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 06:36 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:24
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:12 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:36 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:43, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 06:36 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:53
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. 05:07 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 03:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:47 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:47 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:40 – 11:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:07 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:33 – 14:00 | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:53 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:33 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:06 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 07:26 Aquarius
- 07:26 – 08:49 Pisces
- 08:49 – 10:23 Aries
- 10:23 – 12:18 Taurus
- 12:18 – 14:33 Gemini
- 14:33 – 16:55 Cancer
- 16:55 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 21:31 Virgo
- 21:31 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:14 next day Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 05:55 next day Capricorn
- 05:55 – 06:46 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