Houston panchang, 17 May 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 15:05 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 20:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:10 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 10:06
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:40
- Yamaganda 16:43 – 18:25
- 10:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:34 Moon enters Virgo
Night
20:08 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:53 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 23:54
- Karana Taitila until 11:36, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 10:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:54 – 01:06 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. 05:05 – 05:46
- 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 20:08 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 10:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 10:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 06:27 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:53 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 08:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:10 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Char | 18:25 – 20:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:21 Aries
- 06:21 – 08:16 Taurus
- 08:16 – 10:31 Gemini
- 10:31 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 15:10 Leo
- 15:10 – 17:28 Virgo
- 17:28 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 04:43 next day Pisces
- 04:43 – 06:17 next day Aries
- 06:17 – 06:27 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