Houston panchang, 12 May 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 10:20 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:41 – 18:23
- Durmuhurta 18:16 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam 18:23 – 20:04
- 15:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Moon enters Cancer
Night
20:04 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:04 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:34
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:53 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 21:11
- Karana Balava until 15:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:16 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:23 – 20:04
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 23:35
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. 05:07 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:53 – 06:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:53 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 08:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:12 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:36 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:41 | Good |
| Rog | 16:41 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:30 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 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:40 Aries
- 06:40 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:50 Gemini
- 10:50 – 13:11 Cancer
- 13:11 – 15:30 Leo
- 15:30 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 20:08 Libra
- 20:08 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:31 next day Sagittarius
- 00:31 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:30 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