Houston panchang, 19 August 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 20:18 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 19:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 10:08
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:19
- 08:29 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
19:56 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 13:25
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 14:16
- Karana Bava until 13:25, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:29 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:43
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:16 – 16:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:19
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 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:56 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:56 | Good |
| Char | 19:56 – 21:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:42 Cancer
- 06:42 – 09:01 Leo
- 09:01 – 11:18 Virgo
- 11:18 – 13:39 Libra
- 13:39 – 15:58 Scorpio
- 15:58 – 18:02 Sagittarius
- 18:02 – 19:43 Capricorn
- 19:43 – 21:09 Aquarius
- 21:09 – 22:33 Pisces
- 22:33 – 00:07 next day Aries
- 00:07 – 02:02 next day Taurus
- 02:02 – 04:17 next day Gemini
- 04:17 – 06:38 next day Cancer
- 06:38 – 06:53 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