Houston panchang, 28 August 2024
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 01:37 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 19:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:58
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:46 to 06:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:46 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:09 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 08:41
- Karana Vishti until 14:50, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:58
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. 05:28 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:46 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 06:58 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
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:07 Cancer
- 06:07 – 08:25 Leo
- 08:25 – 10:43 Virgo
- 10:43 – 13:03 Libra
- 13:03 – 15:23 Scorpio
- 15:23 – 17:26 Sagittarius
- 17:26 – 19:08 Capricorn
- 19:08 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 21:58 Pisces
- 21:58 – 23:32 Aries
- 23:32 – 01:27 next day Taurus
- 01:27 – 03:42 next day Gemini
- 03:42 – 06:03 next day Cancer
- 06:03 – 06:58 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