Houston panchang, 5 October 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 09:49 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 19:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 16:04
- 08:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
19:00 to 07:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:38 Yoga becomes Priti
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:03 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:38
- Karana Taitila until 08:12, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:38 Yoga becomes Priti
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:03 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:04
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. 05:40 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 11:03
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 11:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:03 – 07:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:20 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:46 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 16:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:04 – 17:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:32 – 19:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:32 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:05 – 23:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:37 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:56 Leo
- 05:56 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:34 Libra
- 10:34 – 12:53 Scorpio
- 12:53 – 14:57 Sagittarius
- 14:57 – 16:38 Capricorn
- 16:38 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:28 Pisces
- 19:28 – 21:02 Aries
- 21:02 – 22:57 Taurus
- 22:57 – 01:12 next day Gemini
- 01:12 – 03:34 next day Cancer
- 03:34 – 05:52 next day Leo
- 05:52 – 07:19 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