Houston panchang, 23 March 2024
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 18:25 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 19:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:31
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:34 to 07:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:50 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:25
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 09:03
- Karana Gara until 10:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:50 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 08:59
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:03 – 11:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:25 – 03:50 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:03 – 07:20 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. 05:47 – 06:34
- 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 19:34 – 21:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:21 – 21:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:21 – 23:25
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:02 – 19:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:34 – 21:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 02:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:55 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:24 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:20 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
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 06:59 Aquarius
- 06:59 – 08:23 Pisces
- 08:23 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 11:52 Taurus
- 11:52 – 14:07 Gemini
- 14:07 – 16:28 Cancer
- 16:28 – 18:47 Leo
- 18:47 – 21:04 Virgo
- 21:04 – 23:25 Libra
- 23:25 – 01:44 next day Scorpio
- 01:44 – 03:48 next day Sagittarius
- 03:48 – 05:29 next day Capricorn
- 05:29 – 06:55 next day Aquarius
- 06:55 – 07:20 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