Houston panchang, 21 March 2024
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 16:37 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 19:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:07
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:56 Moon enters Leo
- 18:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:32 to 07:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:48 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:56 Moon enters Leo
- 18:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:07
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. 05:49 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:55 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:01 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 05:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:23 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
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:49 – 07:07 Aquarius
- 07:07 – 08:31 Pisces
- 08:31 – 10:05 Aries
- 10:05 – 12:00 Taurus
- 12:00 – 14:15 Gemini
- 14:15 – 16:36 Cancer
- 16:36 – 18:54 Leo
- 18:54 – 21:12 Virgo
- 21:12 – 23:33 Libra
- 23:33 – 01:52 next day Scorpio
- 01:52 – 03:55 next day Sagittarius
- 03:55 – 05:37 next day Capricorn
- 05:37 – 07:03 next day Aquarius
- 07:03 – 07:23 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