Houston panchang, 18 May 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 15:58 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 20:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:43
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:08 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 03:20 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 00:53 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:08, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:43
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 13:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:53 – 06:27 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. 05:04 – 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 – 22:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 13:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:10 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:17 Aries
- 06:17 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:27 Gemini
- 10:27 – 12:48 Cancer
- 12:48 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 17:24 Virgo
- 17:24 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 22:04 Scorpio
- 22:04 – 00:07 next day Sagittarius
- 00:07 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 03:15 next day Aquarius
- 03:15 – 04:39 next day Pisces
- 04:39 – 06:13 next day Aries
- 06:13 – 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