Houston panchang, 4 October 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 08:53 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 19:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:45 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:20
- Yamaganda 16:05 – 17:33
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:01 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 19:01
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:51
- Karana Kaulava until 19:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:51 – 20:03
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 19:01 – 21:28
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:17 – 08:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Char | 17:33 – 19:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:37 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:10 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:46 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:00 Leo
- 06:00 – 08:17 Virgo
- 08:17 – 10:38 Libra
- 10:38 – 12:57 Scorpio
- 12:57 – 15:01 Sagittarius
- 15:01 – 16:42 Capricorn
- 16:42 – 18:08 Aquarius
- 18:08 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 21:06 Aries
- 21:06 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:16 next day Gemini
- 01:16 – 03:37 next day Cancer
- 03:37 – 05:56 next day Leo
- 05:56 – 07:18 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