Houston panchang, 26 August 2024
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:48 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 19:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:09
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:48
- Durmuhurta 13:48 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:14
- 11:46 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:48 to 06:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:50
- Nakshatra Rohini until 05:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:46
- Karana Kaulava until 15:50, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:46 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:48 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:14
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 – 06:12
- 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 19:48 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 05:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:08 – 06:57 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:48 | Good |
| Char | 19:48 – 21:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:12 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 06:57 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
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:15 Cancer
- 06:15 – 08:33 Leo
- 08:33 – 10:51 Virgo
- 10:51 – 13:11 Libra
- 13:11 – 15:30 Scorpio
- 15:30 – 17:34 Sagittarius
- 17:34 – 19:16 Capricorn
- 19:16 – 20:42 Aquarius
- 20:42 – 22:06 Pisces
- 22:06 – 23:40 Aries
- 23:40 – 01:35 next day Taurus
- 01:35 – 03:50 next day Gemini
- 03:50 – 06:11 next day Cancer
- 06:11 – 06:57 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