Houston panchang, 23 August 2024
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 22:34 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 19:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:49
- Durmuhurta 13:49 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:37 – 18:15
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:24 Moon enters Aries
- 10:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
19:52 to 06:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:22 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:22
- Nakshatra Revati until 09:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 19:38
- Karana Kaulava until 10:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:24 Moon enters Aries
- 10:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:22 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:49 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:35 – 11:29
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 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:52 – 22:04
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:55 – 09:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:55 – 09:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:24 – 06:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:22 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:55 – 08:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:09 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:32 – 06:55 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
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:27 Cancer
- 06:27 – 08:45 Leo
- 08:45 – 11:03 Virgo
- 11:03 – 13:23 Libra
- 13:23 – 15:42 Scorpio
- 15:42 – 17:46 Sagittarius
- 17:46 – 19:27 Capricorn
- 19:27 – 20:54 Aquarius
- 20:54 – 22:17 Pisces
- 22:17 – 23:51 Aries
- 23:51 – 01:46 next day Taurus
- 01:46 – 04:01 next day Gemini
- 04:01 – 06:23 next day Cancer
- 06:23 – 06:55 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