Houston panchang, 18 July 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 18:23 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 20:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:09 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:35
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
20:21 to 06:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 10:14
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 16:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 18:14
- Karana Balava until 10:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Indra
- 21:48 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:09 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:35
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 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:21 – 22:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:55 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:17 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 21:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:37 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:01 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:18 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:27 Gemini
- 06:27 – 08:48 Cancer
- 08:48 – 11:07 Leo
- 11:07 – 13:24 Virgo
- 13:24 – 15:45 Libra
- 15:45 – 18:04 Scorpio
- 18:04 – 20:07 Sagittarius
- 20:07 – 21:49 Capricorn
- 21:49 – 23:15 Aquarius
- 23:15 – 00:39 next day Pisces
- 00:39 – 02:13 next day Aries
- 02:13 – 04:08 next day Taurus
- 04:08 – 06:23 next day Gemini
- 06:23 – 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