Houston panchang, 12 August 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 14:04 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 20:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:52
- Durmuhurta 13:52 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:24
- 10:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:45 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
20:03 to 06:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:03 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 06:03 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:01
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:14 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 06:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:18, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:45 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 06:03 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:52 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:24
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 20:03 – 22:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:14 – 06:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:14 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:48 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 20:03 | Good |
| Char | 20:03 – 21:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:28 – 06:49 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:10 Cancer
- 07:10 – 09:28 Leo
- 09:28 – 11:46 Virgo
- 11:46 – 14:06 Libra
- 14:06 – 16:25 Scorpio
- 16:25 – 18:29 Sagittarius
- 18:29 – 20:11 Capricorn
- 20:11 – 21:37 Aquarius
- 21:37 – 23:01 Pisces
- 23:01 – 00:35 next day Aries
- 00:35 – 02:30 next day Taurus
- 02:30 – 04:45 next day Gemini
- 04:45 – 06:49 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