Houston panchang, 3 March 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 01:08 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 12:33 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:21
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 06:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:51 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 21:19
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:51 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 04:35 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:51 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:21
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 04:51 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 – 05:55
- 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 18:21 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:51 – 06:44 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:51 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:12 – 09:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:39 – 11:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:06 – 12:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:33 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:00 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:44 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
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:51 Capricorn
- 05:51 – 07:18 Aquarius
- 07:18 – 08:41 Pisces
- 08:41 – 10:16 Aries
- 10:16 – 12:11 Taurus
- 12:11 – 14:25 Gemini
- 14:25 – 16:47 Cancer
- 16:47 – 19:05 Leo
- 19:05 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 02:02 next day Scorpio
- 02:02 – 04:06 next day Sagittarius
- 04:06 – 05:47 next day Capricorn
- 05:47 – 06:44 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