Houston panchang, 7 March 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 04:58 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta 10:35 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam 14:00 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:03
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:24 to 06:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 13:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 17:15
- Karana Taitila until 13:50, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:35 – 11:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:03
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. 05:02 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Char | 11:04 – 12:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:32 – 14:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:00 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:31 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:36 Capricorn
- 05:36 – 07:02 Aquarius
- 07:02 – 08:26 Pisces
- 08:26 – 10:00 Aries
- 10:00 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 16:31 Cancer
- 16:31 – 18:49 Leo
- 18:49 – 21:07 Virgo
- 21:07 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:47 next day Scorpio
- 01:47 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
- 05:32 – 06:39 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