Houston panchang, 17 July 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 17:20 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 20:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 12:59 – 13:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 15:11
- 10:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:42 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 19:42 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
20:21 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 10:33
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:42 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 19:42
- Karana Vishti until 10:33, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:42 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 19:42 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:29 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:59 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:11
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. 05:12 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:21 – 22:24
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:33 – 16:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 16:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:33 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:21 – 21:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:38 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:31 Gemini
- 06:31 – 08:52 Cancer
- 08:52 – 11:10 Leo
- 11:10 – 13:28 Virgo
- 13:28 – 15:49 Libra
- 15:49 – 18:08 Scorpio
- 18:08 – 20:11 Sagittarius
- 20:11 – 21:53 Capricorn
- 21:53 – 23:19 Aquarius
- 23:19 – 00:43 next day Pisces
- 00:43 – 02:17 next day Aries
- 02:17 – 04:12 next day Taurus
- 04:12 – 06:27 next day Gemini
- 06:27 – 06:34 next day Cancer
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