Houston panchang, 11 August 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 13:06 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 20:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 15:05
- Gulika Kalam 16:45 – 18:24
- Durmuhurta 18:18 – 19:11
- Rahu Kalam 18:24 – 20:04
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:04 to 06:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:04 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:25
- Nakshatra Swati until 22:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 05:55 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:24, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:18 – 19:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:24 – 20:04
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:03 – 06:48 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 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:04 – 22:13
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:45 | Good |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:28 – 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
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:14 Cancer
- 07:14 – 09:32 Leo
- 09:32 – 11:50 Virgo
- 11:50 – 14:10 Libra
- 14:10 – 16:29 Scorpio
- 16:29 – 18:33 Sagittarius
- 18:33 – 20:14 Capricorn
- 20:14 – 21:41 Aquarius
- 21:41 – 23:04 Pisces
- 23:04 – 00:39 next day Aries
- 00:39 – 02:34 next day Taurus
- 02:34 – 04:49 next day Gemini
- 04:49 – 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