Houston panchang, 4 September 2024
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 08:19 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 19:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:54
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:38 to 07:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:51 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 19:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:32
- Karana Balava until 12:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:54
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 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:01 – 01:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:44 – 07:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:38 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:02 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
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 07:58 Leo
- 07:58 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:36 Libra
- 12:36 – 14:55 Scorpio
- 14:55 – 16:59 Sagittarius
- 16:59 – 18:40 Capricorn
- 18:40 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 00:59 next day Taurus
- 00:59 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 05:35 next day Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:02 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