Houston panchang, 14 August 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 16:06 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 20:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 12:59 – 13:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 15:04
- 12:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:01 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:22 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 23:57
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:22 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 04:28 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:02, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:22 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:35 – 04:28 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:59 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 05:40 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. 05:23 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:01 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 02:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:22 – 20:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:02 Cancer
- 07:02 – 09:20 Leo
- 09:20 – 11:38 Virgo
- 11:38 – 13:58 Libra
- 13:58 – 16:18 Scorpio
- 16:18 – 18:21 Sagittarius
- 18:21 – 20:03 Capricorn
- 20:03 – 21:29 Aquarius
- 21:29 – 22:53 Pisces
- 22:53 – 00:27 next day Aries
- 00:27 – 02:22 next day Taurus
- 02:22 – 04:37 next day Gemini
- 04:37 – 06:50 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