Houston panchang, 31 July 2024
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 02:46 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 20:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 15:09
- 11:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:13 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:54 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 02:19 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 17:09, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:54 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:43 – 07:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:09
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. 05:18 – 05:59
- 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 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:13 – 22:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 23:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:32 – 20:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:36 Gemini
- 05:36 – 07:57 Cancer
- 07:57 – 10:15 Leo
- 10:15 – 12:33 Virgo
- 12:33 – 14:54 Libra
- 14:54 – 17:13 Scorpio
- 17:13 – 19:16 Sagittarius
- 19:16 – 20:58 Capricorn
- 20:58 – 22:24 Aquarius
- 22:24 – 23:48 Pisces
- 23:48 – 01:22 next day Aries
- 01:22 – 03:17 next day Taurus
- 03:17 – 05:32 next day Gemini
- 05:32 – 06:42 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