Houston panchang, 24 March 2024
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 19:18 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 19:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:31 – 18:02
- Durmuhurta 17:56 – 18:45
- Rahu Kalam 18:02 – 19:34
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:34 to 07:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:00 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 10:03
- Karana Vishti until 12:43, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:25 – 03:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:56 – 18:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:02 – 19:34
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:16 – 14:32
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. 05:46 – 06:33
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:20 – 00:07 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 00:07 – 07:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:07 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:52 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:51 – 07:19 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
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 08:19 Pisces
- 08:19 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:48 Taurus
- 11:48 – 14:03 Gemini
- 14:03 – 16:24 Cancer
- 16:24 – 18:43 Leo
- 18:43 – 21:00 Virgo
- 21:00 – 23:21 Libra
- 23:21 – 01:40 next day Scorpio
- 01:40 – 03:44 next day Sagittarius
- 03:44 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
- 05:25 – 06:51 next day Aquarius
- 06:51 – 07:19 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