Houston panchang, 12 October 2024
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 16:03 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 18:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:59
- 11:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:52 to 07:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:52 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:39
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:57 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:51
- Karana Taitila until 11:39, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:41
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:51 – 15:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:59
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. 05:42 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 21:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:22 – 17:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:15 | Good |
| Rog | 10:15 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:59 – 17:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:26 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:26 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:00 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:15 – 05:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 07:46 Virgo
- 07:46 – 10:07 Libra
- 10:07 – 12:26 Scorpio
- 12:26 – 14:29 Sagittarius
- 14:29 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 17:37 Aquarius
- 17:37 – 19:01 Pisces
- 19:01 – 20:35 Aries
- 20:35 – 22:30 Taurus
- 22:30 – 00:45 next day Gemini
- 00:45 – 03:06 next day Cancer
- 03:06 – 05:25 next day Leo
- 05:25 – 07:23 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