Houston panchang, 8 May 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 06:43 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 20:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:59
- 07:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:02 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:10
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:11 – 06:35 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. 05:09 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:02 – 22:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 01:25 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 01:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:51 – 06:33 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:25 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:21 – 20:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:22 Pisces
- 05:22 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 18:03 Virgo
- 18:03 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 02:28 next day Capricorn
- 02:28 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 05:18 next day Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:33 next day Aries
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