Houston panchang, 8 March 2024
Sunrise 06:39 CST Sunset 18:24 CST Moonrise 05:42 CST Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 CST to 18:24 CST- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 CST – 09:35 CST
- Durmuhurta 09:00 CST – 09:47 CST
- Rahu Kalam 11:04 CST – 12:32 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 CST – 12:55 CST
- Durmuhurta 12:55 CST – 13:42 CST
- Yamaganda 15:28 CST – 16:56 CST
- 09:50 CST Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:28 CST Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:28 CST Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:15 CST Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:24 CST to 06:38 CST next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:24 CST – 20:51 CST
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 CST – 05:49 CST Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 CST Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:39 CST Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:28 CST
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:25 CST · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 13:15 CST
- Karana Vanija until 10:28 CST, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:50 CST Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:28 CST Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:28 CST Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:15 CST Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:25 CST Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:39 CST Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 CST – 09:35 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 CST – 09:47 CST
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:28 CST – 20:39 CST
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 CST – 12:32 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 CST – 13:42 CST
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 CST – 16:56 CST
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. 05:01 CST – 05:50 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 CST – 12:55 CST
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 CST – 20:51 CST
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:39 CST – 08:07 CST | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 CST – 09:35 CST | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 CST – 11:04 CST | Good |
| Kaal | 11:04 CST – 12:32 CST | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:32 CST – 14:00 CST | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 CST – 15:28 CST | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 CST – 16:56 CST | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 CST – 18:24 CST | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:24 CST – 19:56 CST | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 CST – 21:28 CST | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 CST – 22:59 CST | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 CST – 00:31 CST next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:31 CST – 02:03 CST next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 CST – 03:35 CST next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 CST – 05:06 CST next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 CST – 06:38 CST 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
- 06:39 CST NowVenus
- 07:38 CST NowMercury
- 08:37 CST NowMoon
- 09:35 CST NowSaturn
- 10:34 CST NowJupiter
- 11:33 CST NowMars
- 12:32 CST NowSun
- 13:30 CST NowVenus
- 14:29 CST NowMercury
- 15:28 CST NowMoon
- 16:27 CST NowSaturn
- 17:25 CST NowJupiter
- 18:24 CST NowMars
- 19:25 CST NowSun
- 20:27 CST NowVenus
- 21:28 CST NowMercury
- 22:29 CST NowMoon
- 23:30 CST NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 CST NowJupiter
- 01:32 CST NowMars
- 02:33 CST NowSun
- 03:35 CST NowVenus
- 04:36 CST NowMercury
- 05:37 CST NowMoon
- 06:39 CST NowVenus
- 07:39 CST NowMercury
- 08:39 CST NowMoon
- 09:39 CST NowSaturn
- 10:39 CST NowJupiter
- 11:39 CST NowMars
- 12:39 CST NowSun
- 13:39 CST NowVenus
- 14:39 CST NowMercury
- 15:39 CST NowMoon
- 16:39 CST NowSaturn
- 17:39 CST NowJupiter
- 18:39 CST NowMars
- 19:39 CST NowSun
- 20:39 CST NowVenus
- 21:39 CST NowMercury
- 22:39 CST NowMoon
- 23:39 CST NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 CST NowJupiter
- 01:39 CST NowMars
- 02:39 CST NowSun
- 03:39 CST NowVenus
- 04:39 CST NowMercury
- 05:39 CST NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 CST – 05:32 CST Capricorn
- 05:32 CST – 06:58 CST Aquarius
- 06:58 CST – 08:22 CST Pisces
- 08:22 CST – 09:56 CST Aries
- 09:56 CST – 11:51 CST Taurus
- 11:51 CST – 14:06 CST Gemini
- 14:06 CST – 16:27 CST Cancer
- 16:27 CST – 18:46 CST Leo
- 18:46 CST – 21:03 CST Virgo
- 21:03 CST – 23:24 CST Libra
- 23:24 CST – 01:43 CST next day Scorpio
- 01:43 CST – 03:46 CST next day Sagittarius
- 03:46 CST – 05:28 CST next day Capricorn
- 05:28 CST – 06:38 CST 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 · each time with its zone, as the clocks change within this day · Method