Houston panchang, 10 August 2024
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 12:11 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 20:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:47 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:45
- 19:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
20:05 to 06:48 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:15
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 05:18 next day
- Karana Taitila until 19:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 19:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:45
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:47 – 19:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:02 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:55 – 03:09 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. 05:22 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:05 – 22:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 19:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:18 – 06:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:18 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:47 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:25 – 20:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:05 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:26 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:07 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:27 – 06:48 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
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:18 Cancer
- 07:18 – 09:36 Leo
- 09:36 – 11:54 Virgo
- 11:54 – 14:14 Libra
- 14:14 – 16:33 Scorpio
- 16:33 – 18:37 Sagittarius
- 18:37 – 20:18 Capricorn
- 20:18 – 21:45 Aquarius
- 21:45 – 23:08 Pisces
- 23:08 – 00:43 next day Aries
- 00:43 – 02:38 next day Taurus
- 02:38 – 04:52 next day Gemini
- 04:52 – 06:48 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