Houston panchang, 22 March 2024
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 17:32 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 19:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Durmuhurta 13:52 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:30 – 18:02
- 07:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
19:33 to 07:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:48 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:48
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:04
- Karana Kaulava until 07:30, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:48 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:04 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:52 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:02
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:23 – 17:57
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. 05:48 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:57 – 07:21 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:57 – 07:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:57 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:23 – 08:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:21 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
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 07:03 Aquarius
- 07:03 – 08:27 Pisces
- 08:27 – 10:01 Aries
- 10:01 – 11:56 Taurus
- 11:56 – 14:11 Gemini
- 14:11 – 16:32 Cancer
- 16:32 – 18:50 Leo
- 18:50 – 21:08 Virgo
- 21:08 – 23:29 Libra
- 23:29 – 01:48 next day Scorpio
- 01:48 – 03:51 next day Sagittarius
- 03:51 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:59 next day Aquarius
- 06:59 – 07:21 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