Houston panchang, 24 July 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 20:17 Moonrise 22:56 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 20:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 15:10
- 07:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:17 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:17 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:15 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:10
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:44 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:18
- Karana Bava until 07:34, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:15 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:18 – 23:42
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. 05:15 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:17 – 22:22
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:35 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:20 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 06:03 Gemini
- 06:03 – 08:24 Cancer
- 08:24 – 10:43 Leo
- 10:43 – 13:00 Virgo
- 13:00 – 15:21 Libra
- 15:21 – 17:40 Scorpio
- 17:40 – 19:44 Sagittarius
- 19:44 – 21:25 Capricorn
- 21:25 – 22:52 Aquarius
- 22:52 – 00:15 next day Pisces
- 00:15 – 01:49 next day Aries
- 01:49 – 03:44 next day Taurus
- 03:44 – 05:59 next day Gemini
- 05:59 – 06:38 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