Houston panchang, 19 March 2024
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 14:43 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 19:31- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:40
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:01
- 09:40 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 13:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:31 to 07:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:50 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:30 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 13:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:30 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:52, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:40 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 13:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:30 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:06 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:49 – 15:53 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. 05:51 – 06:39
- 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 19:31 – 21:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:26 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:26 – 08:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 18:01 | Good |
| Rog | 18:01 – 19:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 05:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:25 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
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:51 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 08:39 Pisces
- 08:39 – 10:13 Aries
- 10:13 – 12:08 Taurus
- 12:08 – 14:23 Gemini
- 14:23 – 16:44 Cancer
- 16:44 – 19:02 Leo
- 19:02 – 21:20 Virgo
- 21:20 – 23:40 Libra
- 23:40 – 02:00 next day Scorpio
- 02:00 – 04:03 next day Sagittarius
- 04:03 – 05:45 next day Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:11 next day Aquarius
- 07:11 – 07:25 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