Houston panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 15:41 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 19:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:27
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 14:59
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:32 to 07:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 15:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:11 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:53, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:49 – 15:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:59
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. 05:50 – 06:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:25 – 12:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:53 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:56 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:24 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
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:50 – 07:11 Aquarius
- 07:11 – 08:35 Pisces
- 08:35 – 10:09 Aries
- 10:09 – 12:04 Taurus
- 12:04 – 14:19 Gemini
- 14:19 – 16:40 Cancer
- 16:40 – 18:58 Leo
- 18:58 – 21:16 Virgo
- 21:16 – 23:36 Libra
- 23:36 – 01:56 next day Scorpio
- 01:56 – 03:59 next day Sagittarius
- 03:59 – 05:41 next day Capricorn
- 05:41 – 07:07 next day Aquarius
- 07:07 – 07:24 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