Houston panchang, 13 May 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 11:21 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 20:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:12 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:36 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:22
- 16:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:20 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:05 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:20
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:35 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 20:54
- Karana Taitila until 16:20, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:22
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 – 05:48
- 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 20:05 – 22:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 02:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 02:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:12 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 20:05 | Good |
| Char | 20:05 – 21:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:29 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:36 Aries
- 06:36 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:46 Gemini
- 10:46 – 13:08 Cancer
- 13:08 – 15:26 Leo
- 15:26 – 17:44 Virgo
- 17:44 – 20:04 Libra
- 20:04 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:08 next day Capricorn
- 02:08 – 03:35 next day Aquarius
- 03:35 – 04:58 next day Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:29 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