Houston panchang, 21 July 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 21:05 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 20:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 15:10
- Gulika Kalam 16:53 – 18:36
- Durmuhurta 18:29 – 19:24
- Rahu Kalam 18:36 – 20:19
- 10:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:19 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 02:42 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 13:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:41
- Karana Balava until 16:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:29 – 19:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:36 – 20:19
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. 05:13 – 05:54
- 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 20:19 – 22:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 13:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:18 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:53 | Good |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:19 – 21:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:36 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:19 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:15 Gemini
- 06:15 – 08:36 Cancer
- 08:36 – 10:55 Leo
- 10:55 – 13:12 Virgo
- 13:12 – 15:33 Libra
- 15:33 – 17:52 Scorpio
- 17:52 – 19:56 Sagittarius
- 19:56 – 21:37 Capricorn
- 21:37 – 23:03 Aquarius
- 23:03 – 00:27 next day Pisces
- 00:27 – 02:01 next day Aries
- 02:01 – 03:56 next day Taurus
- 03:56 – 06:11 next day Gemini
- 06:11 – 06:36 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