Houston panchang, 20 May 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 17:46 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 20:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:25
- 18:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:16 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
20:09 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:10 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 02:05 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 18:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:16 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:39 – 02:05 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:25
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:26 – 19:16
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 – 05:45
- 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 20:09 – 22:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:16 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 20:09 | Good |
| Char | 20:09 – 21:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:09 Aries
- 06:09 – 08:04 Taurus
- 08:04 – 10:19 Gemini
- 10:19 – 12:40 Cancer
- 12:40 – 14:59 Leo
- 14:59 – 17:16 Virgo
- 17:16 – 19:37 Libra
- 19:37 – 21:56 Scorpio
- 21:56 – 23:59 Sagittarius
- 23:59 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 03:07 next day Aquarius
- 03:07 – 04:31 next day Pisces
- 04:31 – 06:05 next day Aries
- 06:05 – 06:26 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