Houston panchang, 31 March 2024
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 01:02 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 19:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:50
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:32 – 18:05
- Durmuhurta 17:59 – 18:49
- Rahu Kalam 18:05 – 19:38
- 11:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:22 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
19:38 to 07:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 11:01
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:22
- Karana Vanija until 11:01, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:22 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:55 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:15 – 11:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:59 – 18:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:05 – 19:38
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:12 – 12:26
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. 05:39 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:26 – 07:11 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:26 – 07:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:26 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:12 – 08:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:45 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:11 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
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:28 Aquarius
- 06:28 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:20 Taurus
- 11:20 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 15:57 Cancer
- 15:57 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:33 Virgo
- 20:33 – 22:53 Libra
- 22:53 – 01:12 next day Scorpio
- 01:12 – 03:16 next day Sagittarius
- 03:16 – 04:57 next day Capricorn
- 04:57 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
- 06:24 – 07:11 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