Houston panchang, 17 March 2024
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 12:47 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:29 to 19:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:30 – 18:00
- Durmuhurta 17:54 – 18:42
- Rahu Kalam 18:00 – 19:30
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:23 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:30 to 07:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:52 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:06 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:23
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:40 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:23, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:06 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:54 – 18:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:00 – 19:30
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. 05:53 – 06:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:05 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:29 – 10:25
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:29 – 08:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:59 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:29 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 05:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:27 next day | Good |
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
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:53 – 05:56 Capricorn
- 05:56 – 07:23 Aquarius
- 07:23 – 08:46 Pisces
- 08:46 – 10:21 Aries
- 10:21 – 12:16 Taurus
- 12:16 – 14:30 Gemini
- 14:30 – 16:52 Cancer
- 16:52 – 19:10 Leo
- 19:10 – 21:28 Virgo
- 21:28 – 23:48 Libra
- 23:48 – 02:07 next day Scorpio
- 02:07 – 04:11 next day Sagittarius
- 04:11 – 05:52 next day Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:19 next day Aquarius
- 07:19 – 07:27 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