Houston panchang, 7 August 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 09:32 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 20:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 15:07
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:45 Moon enters Virgo
Night
20:07 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:36
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 02:08 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:45 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:07
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. 05:21 – 06:03
- 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 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:07 – 22:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:00 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:27 – 20:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:29 Cancer
- 07:29 – 09:48 Leo
- 09:48 – 12:05 Virgo
- 12:05 – 14:26 Libra
- 14:26 – 16:45 Scorpio
- 16:45 – 18:49 Sagittarius
- 18:49 – 20:30 Capricorn
- 20:30 – 21:56 Aquarius
- 21:56 – 23:20 Pisces
- 23:20 – 00:54 next day Aries
- 00:54 – 02:49 next day Taurus
- 02:49 – 05:04 next day Gemini
- 05:04 – 06:46 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