Houston panchang, 25 August 2024
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 23:55 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 19:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:48
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:36 – 18:13
- Durmuhurta 18:06 – 18:58
- Rahu Kalam 18:13 – 19:49
- 11:59 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:09 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:49 to 06:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:49 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 17:09
- Nakshatra Krittika until 05:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 13:58
- Karana Bava until 17:09, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:59 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:58 – 17:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:06 – 18:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:13 – 19:49
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 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 10:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:09 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:56 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:19 Cancer
- 06:19 – 08:37 Leo
- 08:37 – 10:55 Virgo
- 10:55 – 13:15 Libra
- 13:15 – 15:34 Scorpio
- 15:34 – 17:38 Sagittarius
- 17:38 – 19:19 Capricorn
- 19:19 – 20:46 Aquarius
- 20:46 – 22:09 Pisces
- 22:09 – 23:44 Aries
- 23:44 – 01:39 next day Taurus
- 01:39 – 03:53 next day Gemini
- 03:53 – 06:15 next day Cancer
- 06:15 – 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