Houston panchang, 25 March 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 20:11 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 19:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:23
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:08
- 10:59 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:35 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 04:26 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:59
- Karana Balava until 15:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:59 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:08
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:03 – 07:18 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. 05:45 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:02 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:35 | Good |
| Char | 19:35 – 21:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:50 – 07:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 06:51 Aquarius
- 06:51 – 08:15 Pisces
- 08:15 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:44 Taurus
- 11:44 – 13:59 Gemini
- 13:59 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 18:39 Leo
- 18:39 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 23:17 Libra
- 23:17 – 01:36 next day Scorpio
- 01:36 – 03:40 next day Sagittarius
- 03:40 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
- 05:21 – 06:47 next day Aquarius
- 06:47 – 07:18 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