Houston panchang, 31 August 2024
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 04:37 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 19:43- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:59 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:10 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:32
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:43 to 07:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 17:11
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 07:08
- Karana Vanija until 17:11, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:50
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:08 – 19:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:32
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:11 – 05:58 next day
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. 05:29 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 21:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:11 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 10:10 | Good |
| Rog | 10:10 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 18:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:43 – 21:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:10 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 08:14 Leo
- 08:14 – 10:31 Virgo
- 10:31 – 12:52 Libra
- 12:52 – 15:11 Scorpio
- 15:11 – 17:15 Sagittarius
- 17:15 – 18:56 Capricorn
- 18:56 – 20:22 Aquarius
- 20:22 – 21:46 Pisces
- 21:46 – 23:20 Aries
- 23:20 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:51 next day Cancer
- 05:51 – 07:00 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