Houston panchang, 11 September 2024
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 14:54 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 19:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:50
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
19:29 to 07:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:17
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 13:24
- Karana Bava until 13:17, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:50
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. 05:32 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:29 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:51 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:05 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:30 Leo
- 07:30 – 09:48 Virgo
- 09:48 – 12:08 Libra
- 12:08 – 14:28 Scorpio
- 14:28 – 16:31 Sagittarius
- 16:31 – 18:13 Capricorn
- 18:13 – 19:39 Aquarius
- 19:39 – 21:03 Pisces
- 21:03 – 22:37 Aries
- 22:37 – 00:32 next day Taurus
- 00:32 – 02:47 next day Gemini
- 02:47 – 05:08 next day Cancer
- 05:08 – 07:05 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