Houston panchang, 14 May 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 12:21 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 20:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:13 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 09:53 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:24
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:06 to 06:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:55 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:49
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:55 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:11
- Karana Vanija until 17:49, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:55 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:13 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:49 – 04:55 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:55 – 06:48 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:55 – 21:07
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. 05:06 – 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 20:06 – 22:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 04:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:49 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:29 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:11 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:24 | Good |
| Rog | 18:24 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:11 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:32 Aries
- 06:32 – 08:27 Taurus
- 08:27 – 10:42 Gemini
- 10:42 – 13:04 Cancer
- 13:04 – 15:22 Leo
- 15:22 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 20:00 Libra
- 20:00 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:23 next day Sagittarius
- 00:23 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 03:31 next day Aquarius
- 03:31 – 04:54 next day Pisces
- 04:54 – 06:29 next day Aries
- 06:29 – 06:29 next day Taurus
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