Houston panchang, 15 March 2024
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 11:03 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:31 to 19:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 13:54
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:42
- Yamaganda 16:29 – 17:59
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:39 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:29 to 07:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:54 – 06:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:39
- Nakshatra Rohini until 05:35 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:15
- Karana Taitila until 11:39, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:59
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. 05:55 – 06:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:06 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:29 – 21:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:31 – 11:39
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:31 – 09:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:30 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:29 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 06:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 06:00 – 07:30 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
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:55 – 06:04 Capricorn
- 06:04 – 07:31 Aquarius
- 07:31 – 08:54 Pisces
- 08:54 – 10:28 Aries
- 10:28 – 12:23 Taurus
- 12:23 – 14:38 Gemini
- 14:38 – 17:00 Cancer
- 17:00 – 19:18 Leo
- 19:18 – 21:36 Virgo
- 21:36 – 23:56 Libra
- 23:56 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:19 next day Sagittarius
- 04:19 – 06:00 next day Capricorn
- 06:00 – 07:27 next day Aquarius
- 07:27 – 07:30 next day Pisces
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