Houston panchang, 17 August 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 18:55 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 19:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:41
- 06:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 08:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:58 to 06:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 21:20
- Karana Kaulava until 08:33, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 08:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:41
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 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:21 – 06:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:44 – 06:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:44 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:30 – 10:08 | Good |
| Rog | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:20 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:30 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:50 Cancer
- 06:50 – 09:09 Leo
- 09:09 – 11:26 Virgo
- 11:26 – 13:47 Libra
- 13:47 – 16:06 Scorpio
- 16:06 – 18:10 Sagittarius
- 18:10 – 19:51 Capricorn
- 19:51 – 21:17 Aquarius
- 21:17 – 22:41 Pisces
- 22:41 – 00:15 next day Aries
- 00:15 – 02:10 next day Taurus
- 02:10 – 04:25 next day Gemini
- 04:25 – 06:46 next day Cancer
- 06:46 – 06:52 next day Leo
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