Houston panchang, 24 May 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 20:12 Moonrise 21:49 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 20:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:45 – 18:28
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:55 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:12 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:12 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:06 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 23:36
- Karana Kaulava until 08:55, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:24 – 00:06 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. 05:03 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:12 – 22:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 08:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Char | 18:28 – 20:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:12 – 21:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:53 Aries
- 05:53 – 07:48 Taurus
- 07:48 – 10:03 Gemini
- 10:03 – 12:24 Cancer
- 12:24 – 14:43 Leo
- 14:43 – 17:00 Virgo
- 17:00 – 19:21 Libra
- 19:21 – 21:40 Scorpio
- 21:40 – 23:44 Sagittarius
- 23:44 – 01:25 next day Capricorn
- 01:25 – 02:51 next day Aquarius
- 02:51 – 04:15 next day Pisces
- 04:15 – 05:49 next day Aries
- 05:49 – 06:24 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