Houston panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:03 Moonrise 07:07 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 19:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:38
- 13:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
19:03 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:03 – 21:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:49
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:02 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 16:51
- Karana Naga until 13:49, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:38
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. 05:39 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:03 – 21:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:35 – 19:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:03 – 20:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:38 | Good |
| Char | 23:38 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:08 Leo
- 06:08 – 08:25 Virgo
- 08:25 – 10:46 Libra
- 10:46 – 13:05 Scorpio
- 13:05 – 15:09 Sagittarius
- 15:09 – 16:50 Capricorn
- 16:50 – 18:16 Aquarius
- 18:16 – 19:40 Pisces
- 19:40 – 21:14 Aries
- 21:14 – 23:09 Taurus
- 23:09 – 01:24 next day Gemini
- 01:24 – 03:45 next day Cancer
- 03:45 – 06:04 next day Leo
- 06:04 – 07:17 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