Houston panchang, 28 July 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 00:35 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 20:15- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 15:09
- Gulika Kalam 16:51 – 18:33
- Durmuhurta 18:26 – 19:21
- Rahu Kalam 18:33 – 20:15
- 08:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:09 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:15 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:15 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:58
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:25 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 09:41
- Karana Kaulava until 08:58, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:15 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:41 – 12:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:26 – 19:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:33 – 20:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 00:25 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:02 – 13:00
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. 05:16 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:15 – 22:20
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:21 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:51 | Good |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:33 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:22 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:48 Gemini
- 05:48 – 08:09 Cancer
- 08:09 – 10:27 Leo
- 10:27 – 12:45 Virgo
- 12:45 – 15:05 Libra
- 15:05 – 17:24 Scorpio
- 17:24 – 19:28 Sagittarius
- 19:28 – 21:10 Capricorn
- 21:10 – 22:36 Aquarius
- 22:36 – 00:00 next day Pisces
- 00:00 – 01:34 next day Aries
- 01:34 – 03:29 next day Taurus
- 03:29 – 05:44 next day Gemini
- 05:44 – 06:40 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