Houston panchang, 4 August 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 06:44 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 20:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 15:08
- Gulika Kalam 16:48 – 18:29
- Durmuhurta 18:22 – 19:16
- Rahu Kalam 18:29 – 20:10
- 18:49 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:10 to 06:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:51 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 07:33 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:51 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:07 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 18:49, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 18:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:51 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:08 – 00:07 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:22 – 19:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:29 – 20:10
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. 05:19 – 06:01
- 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 20:10 – 22:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:24 – 10:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:05 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:06 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:25 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:20 Gemini
- 05:20 – 07:41 Cancer
- 07:41 – 10:00 Leo
- 10:00 – 12:17 Virgo
- 12:17 – 14:38 Libra
- 14:38 – 16:57 Scorpio
- 16:57 – 19:01 Sagittarius
- 19:01 – 20:42 Capricorn
- 20:42 – 22:08 Aquarius
- 22:08 – 23:32 Pisces
- 23:32 – 01:06 next day Aries
- 01:06 – 03:01 next day Taurus
- 03:01 – 05:16 next day Gemini
- 05:16 – 06:44 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