Houston panchang, 20 September 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 21:07 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 19:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:16 – 17:47
- 10:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
19:18 to 07:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:06 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:45
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:06 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:45, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:06 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:48 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:47
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. 05:35 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:18 – 21:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 16:12
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:10 – 08:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:41 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:55 Leo
- 06:55 – 09:12 Virgo
- 09:12 – 11:33 Libra
- 11:33 – 13:52 Scorpio
- 13:52 – 15:56 Sagittarius
- 15:56 – 17:37 Capricorn
- 17:37 – 19:03 Aquarius
- 19:03 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 22:01 Aries
- 22:01 – 23:56 Taurus
- 23:56 – 02:11 next day Gemini
- 02:11 – 04:33 next day Cancer
- 04:33 – 06:51 next day Leo
- 06:51 – 07:10 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