Houston panchang, 24 August 2024
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 23:12 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 19:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:55 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:49
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:37
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 08:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:51 to 06:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:51 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:01
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:36
- Karana Gara until 08:08, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 08:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:37
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. 05:27 – 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 19:51 – 22:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:35 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:09 | Good |
| Rog | 10:09 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:14 – 19:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:51 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:46 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:09 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:33 – 06:56 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
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:23 Cancer
- 06:23 – 08:41 Leo
- 08:41 – 10:59 Virgo
- 10:59 – 13:19 Libra
- 13:19 – 15:38 Scorpio
- 15:38 – 17:42 Sagittarius
- 17:42 – 19:23 Capricorn
- 19:23 – 20:50 Aquarius
- 20:50 – 22:13 Pisces
- 22:13 – 23:48 Aries
- 23:48 – 01:43 next day Taurus
- 01:43 – 03:57 next day Gemini
- 03:57 – 06:19 next day Cancer
- 06:19 – 06:56 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