Houston panchang, 23 September 2024
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 19:14 Moonrise 23:31 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 19:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:50
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
19:14 to 07:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:14 – 21:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:09 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 16:39
- Karana Vishti until 14:39, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:39 – 14:56 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. 05:36 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:14 – 21:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:11 – 11:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 11:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:37 – 07:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:37 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:44 – 19:14 | Good |
| Char | 19:14 – 20:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:42 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 06:43 Leo
- 06:43 – 09:01 Virgo
- 09:01 – 11:21 Libra
- 11:21 – 13:40 Scorpio
- 13:40 – 15:44 Sagittarius
- 15:44 – 17:25 Capricorn
- 17:25 – 18:52 Aquarius
- 18:52 – 20:15 Pisces
- 20:15 – 21:50 Aries
- 21:50 – 23:45 Taurus
- 23:45 – 01:59 next day Gemini
- 01:59 – 04:21 next day Cancer
- 04:21 – 06:39 next day Leo
- 06:39 – 07:12 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