Houston panchang, 2 September 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 06:32 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 19:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:08
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
19:40 to 07:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:55 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:55
- Nakshatra Magha until 13:50 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 07:49
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:51, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:55 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:08
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. 05:30 – 06:15
- 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 19:40 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:40 | Good |
| Char | 19:40 – 21:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:11 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:47 Cancer
- 05:47 – 08:06 Leo
- 08:06 – 10:23 Virgo
- 10:23 – 12:44 Libra
- 12:44 – 15:03 Scorpio
- 15:03 – 17:07 Sagittarius
- 17:07 – 18:48 Capricorn
- 18:48 – 20:14 Aquarius
- 20:14 – 21:38 Pisces
- 21:38 – 23:12 Aries
- 23:12 – 01:07 next day Taurus
- 01:07 – 03:22 next day Gemini
- 03:22 – 05:43 next day Cancer
- 05:43 – 07:01 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