Houston panchang, 12 March 2024
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 09:04 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:35 to 19:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:45
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:58
- 09:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:59 Moon enters Aries
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
19:27 to 07:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:57 – 06:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 17:34
- Nakshatra Revati until 09:59 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 17:37
- Karana Gara until 17:34, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:59 Moon enters Aries
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:58
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. 05:57 – 06:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:07 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:27 – 21:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:35 – 17:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 09:59 – 07:33 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:59 – 07:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:59 – 07:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:31 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 17:58 | Good |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:27 – 20:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:33 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
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:57 – 06:16 Capricorn
- 06:16 – 07:42 Aquarius
- 07:42 – 09:06 Pisces
- 09:06 – 10:40 Aries
- 10:40 – 12:35 Taurus
- 12:35 – 14:50 Gemini
- 14:50 – 17:11 Cancer
- 17:11 – 19:30 Leo
- 19:30 – 21:47 Virgo
- 21:47 – 00:08 next day Libra
- 00:08 – 02:27 next day Scorpio
- 02:27 – 04:31 next day Sagittarius
- 04:31 – 06:12 next day Capricorn
- 06:12 – 07:33 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