Houston panchang, 11 May 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 09:19 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 20:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:41
- 15:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:04 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:04 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:34
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:56 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:03
- Karana Vishti until 15:34, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:41
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:03 – 00:03 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. 05:08 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:04 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 23:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 15:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:13 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:36 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:22 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:04 – 21:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:36 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:10 Pisces
- 05:10 – 06:44 Aries
- 06:44 – 08:39 Taurus
- 08:39 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 17:51 Virgo
- 17:51 – 20:12 Libra
- 20:12 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 03:42 next day Aquarius
- 03:42 – 05:06 next day Pisces
- 05:06 – 06:31 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