Houston panchang, 8 August 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 10:25 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 20:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:26
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:07 to 06:47 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 03:15 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:07, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:46 – 13:04
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 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 06:46 – 13:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:07 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:26 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:06 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 20:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:27 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:07 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:27 – 06:47 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
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:26 Cancer
- 07:26 – 09:44 Leo
- 09:44 – 12:02 Virgo
- 12:02 – 14:22 Libra
- 14:22 – 16:41 Scorpio
- 16:41 – 18:45 Sagittarius
- 18:45 – 20:26 Capricorn
- 20:26 – 21:53 Aquarius
- 21:53 – 23:16 Pisces
- 23:16 – 00:50 next day Aries
- 00:50 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 05:00 next day Gemini
- 05:00 – 06:47 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