Houston panchang, 6 March 2024
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 04:08 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 14:00
- 08:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 16:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:23 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 16:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 01:33 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 20:53
- Karana Balava until 16:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 16:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:00
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:53 – 07:04 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. 05:03 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:23 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:44 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:40 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
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:40 Capricorn
- 05:40 – 07:06 Aquarius
- 07:06 – 08:30 Pisces
- 08:30 – 10:04 Aries
- 10:04 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:14 Gemini
- 14:14 – 16:35 Cancer
- 16:35 – 18:53 Leo
- 18:53 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 23:31 Libra
- 23:31 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:54 next day Sagittarius
- 03:54 – 05:36 next day Capricorn
- 05:36 – 06:40 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