Houston panchang, 3 October 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 07:59 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 19:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:38 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 15:54 – 16:41
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:36 Moon enters Libra
Night
19:02 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:28
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:08 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 17:53
- Karana Bava until 16:28, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:36 Moon enters Libra
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:54 – 16:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:53 – 18:51 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. 05:39 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:02 – 21:29
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:34 – 19:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:02 – 20:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:34 – 22:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:06 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:10 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:45 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:04 Leo
- 06:04 – 08:21 Virgo
- 08:21 – 10:42 Libra
- 10:42 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:05 Sagittarius
- 15:05 – 16:46 Capricorn
- 16:46 – 18:12 Aquarius
- 18:12 – 19:36 Pisces
- 19:36 – 21:10 Aries
- 21:10 – 23:05 Taurus
- 23:05 – 01:20 next day Gemini
- 01:20 – 03:41 next day Cancer
- 03:41 – 06:00 next day Leo
- 06:00 – 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