Houston panchang, 5 March 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 03:11 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 09:38 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 12:32 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam 15:27 – 16:55
- 07:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:22 to 06:42 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 19:01
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:21 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:02 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:53, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:21 – 06:42 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. 05:04 – 05:53
- 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
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:10 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Char | 09:38 – 11:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:05 – 12:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:32 – 14:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:00 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:27 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:22 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:27 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:32 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:04 – 03:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:37 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:44 Capricorn
- 05:44 – 07:10 Aquarius
- 07:10 – 08:34 Pisces
- 08:34 – 10:08 Aries
- 10:08 – 12:03 Taurus
- 12:03 – 14:18 Gemini
- 14:18 – 16:39 Cancer
- 16:39 – 18:57 Leo
- 18:57 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:55 next day Scorpio
- 01:55 – 03:58 next day Sagittarius
- 03:58 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:42 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