Houston panchang, 21 September 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:17 Moonrise 21:49 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 19:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:12 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:15
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:24 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:17 to 07:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:17 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:44
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:47 – 22:59
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 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:17 – 21:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:10 – 07:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:46 – 19:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:17 – 20:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:51 Leo
- 06:51 – 09:09 Virgo
- 09:09 – 11:29 Libra
- 11:29 – 13:48 Scorpio
- 13:48 – 15:52 Sagittarius
- 15:52 – 17:33 Capricorn
- 17:33 – 19:00 Aquarius
- 19:00 – 20:23 Pisces
- 20:23 – 21:57 Aries
- 21:57 – 23:52 Taurus
- 23:52 – 02:07 next day Gemini
- 02:07 – 04:29 next day Cancer
- 04:29 – 06:47 next day Leo
- 06:47 – 07:11 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