Houston panchang, 29 May 2024
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 01:12 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 20:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 15:03
- 09:36 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:15 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:14 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:01 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 13:03
- Karana Vishti until 14:13, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:36 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:01 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:36 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:03 – 10:22 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 15:03
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:23 – 21:01
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. 05:01 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:15 – 22:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 01:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:31 – 20:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:31 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:34 Aries
- 05:34 – 07:29 Taurus
- 07:29 – 09:43 Gemini
- 09:43 – 12:05 Cancer
- 12:05 – 14:23 Leo
- 14:23 – 16:41 Virgo
- 16:41 – 19:01 Libra
- 19:01 – 21:20 Scorpio
- 21:20 – 23:24 Sagittarius
- 23:24 – 01:05 next day Capricorn
- 01:05 – 02:32 next day Aquarius
- 02:32 – 03:55 next day Pisces
- 03:55 – 05:30 next day Aries
- 05:30 – 06:22 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