Houston panchang, 21 May 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 18:44 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 20:10- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 09:52 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 15:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:27
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:10 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:10
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 02:06 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:10, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:06 – 13:54 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. 05:03 – 05:44
- 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 20:10 – 22:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 21:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 07:10
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:26 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:09 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Char | 09:52 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:27 | Good |
| Rog | 18:27 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:10 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:05 Aries
- 06:05 – 08:00 Taurus
- 08:00 – 10:15 Gemini
- 10:15 – 12:36 Cancer
- 12:36 – 14:55 Leo
- 14:55 – 17:12 Virgo
- 17:12 – 19:33 Libra
- 19:33 – 21:52 Scorpio
- 21:52 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 01:37 next day Capricorn
- 01:37 – 03:03 next day Aquarius
- 03:03 – 04:27 next day Pisces
- 04:27 – 06:01 next day Aries
- 06:01 – 06:25 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