Houston panchang, 18 August 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 19:39 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 19:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 15:03
- Gulika Kalam 16:41 – 18:19
- Durmuhurta 18:12 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam 18:19 – 19:57
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
19:57 to 06:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:35
- Nakshatra Shravana until 21:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:58
- Karana Vanija until 16:35, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:12 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:19 – 19:57
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. 05:25 – 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 19:57 – 22:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 21:40
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:30 – 10:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:41 | Good |
| Rog | 16:41 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:46 Cancer
- 06:46 – 09:05 Leo
- 09:05 – 11:22 Virgo
- 11:22 – 13:43 Libra
- 13:43 – 16:02 Scorpio
- 16:02 – 18:06 Sagittarius
- 18:06 – 19:47 Capricorn
- 19:47 – 21:13 Aquarius
- 21:13 – 22:37 Pisces
- 22:37 – 00:11 next day Aries
- 00:11 – 02:06 next day Taurus
- 02:06 – 04:21 next day Gemini
- 04:21 – 06:42 next day Cancer
- 06:42 – 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