Houston panchang, 5 September 2024
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 09:11 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 19:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:06
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:11 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:37 to 07:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:31 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 22:55 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 10:37
- Karana Taitila until 15:11, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:06
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:33 – 17:49
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:55 – 07:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:10 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:02 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:02 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
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:54 Leo
- 07:54 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 12:32 Libra
- 12:32 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:55 Sagittarius
- 16:55 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 20:02 Aquarius
- 20:02 – 21:26 Pisces
- 21:26 – 23:00 Aries
- 23:00 – 00:55 next day Taurus
- 00:55 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 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