Houston panchang, 11 March 2024
Sunrise 07:36 Sunset 19:26 Moonrise 08:30 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:36 to 19:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:33
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 13:55
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:04
- 10:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
19:26 to 07:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:26 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:57 – 06:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 07:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 20:43
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 12:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 21:23
- Karana Balava until 10:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 07:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:04
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:48 – 11:39
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. 05:58 – 06:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:07 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:26 – 21:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:26 | Good |
| Char | 19:26 – 20:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 06:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 06:04 – 07:35 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
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:58 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 07:46 Aquarius
- 07:46 – 09:10 Pisces
- 09:10 – 10:44 Aries
- 10:44 – 12:39 Taurus
- 12:39 – 14:54 Gemini
- 14:54 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 19:34 Leo
- 19:34 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 00:12 next day Libra
- 00:12 – 02:31 next day Scorpio
- 02:31 – 04:35 next day Sagittarius
- 04:35 – 06:16 next day Capricorn
- 06:16 – 07:35 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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method