Houston panchang, 2 March 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 00:06 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 18:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam 09:40 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:00 – 15:27
- 08:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:20 to 06:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:54 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:15
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:25 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 05:54 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:55, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:54 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 11:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:54 – 07:06 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. 05:06 – 05:56
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:13 – 09:40 | Good |
| Rog | 09:40 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:06 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Char | 12:33 – 14:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:00 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 16:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:33 – 02:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:06 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:39 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:55 Capricorn
- 05:55 – 07:22 Aquarius
- 07:22 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 10:20 Aries
- 10:20 – 12:14 Taurus
- 12:14 – 14:29 Gemini
- 14:29 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 19:09 Leo
- 19:09 – 21:27 Virgo
- 21:27 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 05:51 next day Capricorn
- 05:51 – 06:45 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