Houston panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 21:27 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 15:01
- 08:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:54 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 03:16 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:55, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:55 – 03:16 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:40 – 04:40 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. 05:26 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:54 – 22:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:32 – 06:54 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
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:34 Cancer
- 06:34 – 08:53 Leo
- 08:53 – 11:10 Virgo
- 11:10 – 13:31 Libra
- 13:31 – 15:50 Scorpio
- 15:50 – 17:54 Sagittarius
- 17:54 – 19:35 Capricorn
- 19:35 – 21:01 Aquarius
- 21:01 – 22:25 Pisces
- 22:25 – 23:59 Aries
- 23:59 – 01:54 next day Taurus
- 01:54 – 04:09 next day Gemini
- 04:09 – 06:30 next day Cancer
- 06:30 – 06:54 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