Houston panchang, 1 September 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 05:35 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 19:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:56
- Gulika Kalam 16:31 – 18:06
- Durmuhurta 18:00 – 18:51
- Rahu Kalam 18:06 – 19:41
- 07:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:18 Moon enters Leo
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:52 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:41 to 07:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:52
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 07:19
- Karana Shakuni until 18:52, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:18 Moon enters Leo
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:52 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:00 – 18:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:06 – 19:41
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 19:41 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:00 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 10:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:10 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:51 Cancer
- 05:51 – 08:10 Leo
- 08:10 – 10:27 Virgo
- 10:27 – 12:48 Libra
- 12:48 – 15:07 Scorpio
- 15:07 – 17:11 Sagittarius
- 17:11 – 18:52 Capricorn
- 18:52 – 20:18 Aquarius
- 20:18 – 21:42 Pisces
- 21:42 – 23:16 Aries
- 23:16 – 01:11 next day Taurus
- 01:11 – 03:26 next day Gemini
- 03:26 – 05:47 next day Cancer
- 05:47 – 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