Houston panchang, 4 March 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 02:10 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 18:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:11 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 14:00 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:02
- 09:03 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:22 to 06:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 20:34
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:29 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:38 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:03, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:38 – 00:02 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:29 – 06:43 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. 05:05 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:11 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:33 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:43 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:47 Capricorn
- 05:47 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 08:37 Pisces
- 08:37 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 12:07 Taurus
- 12:07 – 14:22 Gemini
- 14:22 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 19:01 Leo
- 19:01 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 23:39 Libra
- 23:39 – 01:58 next day Scorpio
- 01:58 – 04:02 next day Sagittarius
- 04:02 – 05:44 next day Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:43 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