Houston panchang, 9 May 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 07:29 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta 11:03 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:20
- 06:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:48 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:02 to 06:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:48
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:16 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:36 next day
- Karana Balava until 06:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:03 – 11:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:20
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 00:16 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:16 – 06:32 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 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:16 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:33 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:14 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Char | 11:36 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 20:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:21 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:55 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:13 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:18 Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 08:47 Taurus
- 08:47 – 11:02 Gemini
- 11:02 – 13:23 Cancer
- 13:23 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:20 Libra
- 20:20 – 22:39 Scorpio
- 22:39 – 00:43 next day Sagittarius
- 00:43 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:14 next day Pisces
- 05:14 – 06:32 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