Houston panchang, 16 September 2024
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 19:23 Moonrise 18:47 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 19:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:56
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:23 to 07:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:23 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 01:14 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:23 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:18
- Karana Gara until 15:00, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:56
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:18 – 23:18
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:14 – 11:25 next day
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. 05:34 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:23 – 21:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:07 – 03:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:23 | Good |
| Char | 19:23 – 20:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:40 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:11 Leo
- 07:11 – 09:28 Virgo
- 09:28 – 11:49 Libra
- 11:49 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:12 Sagittarius
- 16:12 – 17:53 Capricorn
- 17:53 – 19:19 Aquarius
- 19:19 – 20:43 Pisces
- 20:43 – 22:17 Aries
- 22:17 – 00:12 next day Taurus
- 00:12 – 02:27 next day Gemini
- 02:27 – 04:48 next day Cancer
- 04:48 – 07:07 next day Leo
- 07:07 – 07:08 next day Virgo
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