Houston panchang, 15 August 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 17:07 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 20:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam 15:04 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:22
- 11:39 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:00 to 06:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 23:10
- Nakshatra Mula until 02:13 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:41 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:39, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:22
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. 05:24 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:29 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 20:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:21 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:58 Cancer
- 06:58 – 09:16 Leo
- 09:16 – 11:34 Virgo
- 11:34 – 13:55 Libra
- 13:55 – 16:14 Scorpio
- 16:14 – 18:17 Sagittarius
- 18:17 – 19:59 Capricorn
- 19:59 – 21:25 Aquarius
- 21:25 – 22:49 Pisces
- 22:49 – 00:23 next day Aries
- 00:23 – 02:18 next day Taurus
- 02:18 – 04:33 next day Gemini
- 04:33 – 06:51 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