Houston panchang, 7 October 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 11:46 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 18:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:14
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta 13:32 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:51 – 16:38
- 12:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:58 to 07:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:48 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:20
- Karana Bava until 12:07, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:32 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:51 – 16:38
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. 05:40 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 15:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:55 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:30 – 18:58 | Good |
| Char | 18:58 – 20:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:03 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:36 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:09 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:47 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:48 Leo
- 05:48 – 08:06 Virgo
- 08:06 – 10:26 Libra
- 10:26 – 12:45 Scorpio
- 12:45 – 14:49 Sagittarius
- 14:49 – 16:30 Capricorn
- 16:30 – 17:57 Aquarius
- 17:57 – 19:20 Pisces
- 19:20 – 20:55 Aries
- 20:55 – 22:50 Taurus
- 22:50 – 01:04 next day Gemini
- 01:04 – 03:26 next day Cancer
- 03:26 – 05:44 next day Leo
- 05:44 – 07:20 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