Houston panchang, 22 May 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 20:11 Moonrise 19:44 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 20:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 15:01
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
20:11 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:11 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 01:41 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:18, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:01
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:11 – 22:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:44 – 06:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:44 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:27 – 20:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:11 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:01 Aries
- 06:01 – 07:56 Taurus
- 07:56 – 10:11 Gemini
- 10:11 – 12:32 Cancer
- 12:32 – 14:51 Leo
- 14:51 – 17:08 Virgo
- 17:08 – 19:29 Libra
- 19:29 – 21:48 Scorpio
- 21:48 – 23:52 Sagittarius
- 23:52 – 01:33 next day Capricorn
- 01:33 – 02:59 next day Aquarius
- 02:59 – 04:23 next day Pisces
- 04:23 – 05:57 next day Aries
- 05:57 – 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