Houston panchang, 26 May 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 23:43 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 20:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 15:02
- Gulika Kalam 16:46 – 18:29
- Durmuhurta 18:22 – 19:18
- Rahu Kalam 18:29 – 20:13
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
20:13 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:35 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 20:06
- Karana Vishti until 07:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:35 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:22 – 19:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:29 – 20:13
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. 05:02 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:13 – 22:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:43 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:51 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:45 Aries
- 05:45 – 07:40 Taurus
- 07:40 – 09:55 Gemini
- 09:55 – 12:16 Cancer
- 12:16 – 14:35 Leo
- 14:35 – 16:52 Virgo
- 16:52 – 19:13 Libra
- 19:13 – 21:32 Scorpio
- 21:32 – 23:36 Sagittarius
- 23:36 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 02:43 next day Aquarius
- 02:43 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:41 next day Aries
- 05:41 – 06:23 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