Houston panchang, 26 March 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 21:05 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 19:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:35
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 18:03
- 11:47 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:26 Moon enters Libra
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:35 to 07:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 06:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:36 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:45 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:47
- Karana Taitila until 17:33, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:47 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:26 Moon enters Libra
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 06:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:47 – 15:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:03
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. 05:44 – 06:31
- 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 – 21:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:03 | Good |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:21 – 05:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:49 – 07:17 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
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:47 Aquarius
- 06:47 – 08:11 Pisces
- 08:11 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:55 Gemini
- 13:55 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:35 Leo
- 18:35 – 20:52 Virgo
- 20:52 – 23:13 Libra
- 23:13 – 01:32 next day Scorpio
- 01:32 – 03:36 next day Sagittarius
- 03:36 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
- 05:17 – 06:43 next day Aquarius
- 06:43 – 07:17 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