Houston panchang, 1 July 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 20:24 Moonrise 02:34 Jyeshtha 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 20:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:37
- 11:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:57 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
20:24 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:24 – 22:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:46 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:57 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:37
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:46 – 02:46 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:35 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:26 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. 05:05 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:24 – 22:25
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:40 – 20:24 | Good |
| Char | 20:24 – 21:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:40 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:40 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:26 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:19 Taurus
- 05:19 – 07:34 Gemini
- 07:34 – 09:55 Cancer
- 09:55 – 12:13 Leo
- 12:13 – 14:31 Virgo
- 14:31 – 16:51 Libra
- 16:51 – 19:11 Scorpio
- 19:11 – 21:14 Sagittarius
- 21:14 – 22:56 Capricorn
- 22:56 – 00:22 next day Aquarius
- 00:22 – 01:46 next day Pisces
- 01:46 – 03:20 next day Aries
- 03:20 – 05:15 next day Taurus
- 05:15 – 06:26 next day Gemini
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