Houston panchang, 16 May 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 14:12 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 20:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:01 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:23
- 07:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 09:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:07 to 06:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:50 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:19
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:50
- Karana Balava until 09:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 09:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:50 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:01 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:23
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. 05:05 – 05:47
- 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 20:07 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:44 – 06:28 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:19 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:11 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Char | 11:35 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 20:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:24 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:25 Aries
- 06:25 – 08:20 Taurus
- 08:20 – 10:35 Gemini
- 10:35 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:32 Virgo
- 17:32 – 19:52 Libra
- 19:52 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 01:57 next day Capricorn
- 01:57 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 04:47 next day Pisces
- 04:47 – 06:21 next day Aries
- 06:21 – 06:28 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