Houston panchang, 29 July 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 20:14 Moonrise 01:13 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 20:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:32
- 07:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:14 to 06:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:14 – 22:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:53 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:26
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 07:24
- Karana Gara until 07:26, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:53 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:32
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. 05:17 – 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 20:14 – 22:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:53 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:22 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:14 | Good |
| Char | 20:14 – 21:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:33 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:22 – 06:41 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:44 Gemini
- 05:44 – 08:05 Cancer
- 08:05 – 10:23 Leo
- 10:23 – 12:41 Virgo
- 12:41 – 15:01 Libra
- 15:01 – 17:21 Scorpio
- 17:21 – 19:24 Sagittarius
- 19:24 – 21:06 Capricorn
- 21:06 – 22:32 Aquarius
- 22:32 – 23:56 Pisces
- 23:56 – 01:30 next day Aries
- 01:30 – 03:25 next day Taurus
- 03:25 – 05:40 next day Gemini
- 05:40 – 06:41 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