Houston panchang, 13 March 2024
Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 09:40 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:33 to 19:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 15:00
- 07:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:56 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:27 to 07:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:56 – 06:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 14:18
- Karana Vishti until 14:56, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:18 – 11:29 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:33 – 07:54
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:54 – 06:25 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. 05:57 – 06:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:33 – 07:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 07:32 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 07:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 07:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:33 – 09:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 06:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:02 – 07:32 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
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:57 – 06:12 Capricorn
- 06:12 – 07:38 Aquarius
- 07:38 – 09:02 Pisces
- 09:02 – 10:36 Aries
- 10:36 – 12:31 Taurus
- 12:31 – 14:46 Gemini
- 14:46 – 17:07 Cancer
- 17:07 – 19:26 Leo
- 19:26 – 21:43 Virgo
- 21:43 – 00:04 next day Libra
- 00:04 – 02:23 next day Scorpio
- 02:23 – 04:27 next day Sagittarius
- 04:27 – 06:08 next day Capricorn
- 06:08 – 07:32 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