Houston panchang, 30 September 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 19:06 Moonrise 05:21 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 19:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:44 – 10:13
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:44
- 08:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
19:06 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:06 – 21:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 22:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:32 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:37
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:46 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 14:47
- Karana Vanija until 08:37, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 22:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:32 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:37 – 21:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:05 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:57 – 06:13 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. 05:38 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:06 – 21:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:06 | Good |
| Char | 19:06 – 20:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:37 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:08 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:44 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 06:16 Leo
- 06:16 – 08:33 Virgo
- 08:33 – 10:54 Libra
- 10:54 – 13:13 Scorpio
- 13:13 – 15:17 Sagittarius
- 15:17 – 16:58 Capricorn
- 16:58 – 18:24 Aquarius
- 18:24 – 19:48 Pisces
- 19:48 – 21:22 Aries
- 21:22 – 23:17 Taurus
- 23:17 – 01:32 next day Gemini
- 01:32 – 03:53 next day Cancer
- 03:53 – 06:12 next day Leo
- 06:12 – 07:16 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