Houston panchang, 27 March 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 22:01 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 19:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:59
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:36 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:27 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:08 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:23
- Karana Vanija until 19:35, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:59
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. 05:43 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:36 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:21 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:15 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 06:43 Aquarius
- 06:43 – 08:07 Pisces
- 08:07 – 09:41 Aries
- 09:41 – 11:36 Taurus
- 11:36 – 13:51 Gemini
- 13:51 – 16:12 Cancer
- 16:12 – 18:31 Leo
- 18:31 – 20:48 Virgo
- 20:48 – 23:09 Libra
- 23:09 – 01:28 next day Scorpio
- 01:28 – 03:32 next day Sagittarius
- 03:32 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
- 05:13 – 06:39 next day Aquarius
- 06:39 – 07:15 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