Houston panchang, 2 August 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 20:11 Moonrise 04:42 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 20:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:18
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:48
- Yamaganda 16:49 – 18:30
- 17:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:11 Moon enters Cancer
Night
20:11 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:11 – 22:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:21 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:29 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 00:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:05, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 17:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:11 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:30
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:29 – 06:43 next day
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 – 06:00
- 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 20:11 – 22:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 01:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:24 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Char | 18:30 – 20:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:28 Gemini
- 05:28 – 07:49 Cancer
- 07:49 – 10:08 Leo
- 10:08 – 12:25 Virgo
- 12:25 – 14:46 Libra
- 14:46 – 17:05 Scorpio
- 17:05 – 19:09 Sagittarius
- 19:09 – 20:50 Capricorn
- 20:50 – 22:16 Aquarius
- 22:16 – 23:40 Pisces
- 23:40 – 01:14 next day Aries
- 01:14 – 03:09 next day Taurus
- 03:09 – 05:24 next day Gemini
- 05:24 – 06:43 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