Houston panchang, 14 October 2024
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 17:15 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 18:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:15
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta 13:29 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:32
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:50 to 07:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:50 – 21:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:12
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 07:30
- Karana Balava until 17:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:29 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:40 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:43 – 13:36
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. 05:43 – 06:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 21:21
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:24 – 18:50 | Good |
| Char | 18:50 – 20:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:24 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:58 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:50 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 07:38 Virgo
- 07:38 – 09:59 Libra
- 09:59 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:22 Sagittarius
- 14:22 – 16:03 Capricorn
- 16:03 – 17:29 Aquarius
- 17:29 – 18:53 Pisces
- 18:53 – 20:27 Aries
- 20:27 – 22:22 Taurus
- 22:22 – 00:37 next day Gemini
- 00:37 – 02:58 next day Cancer
- 02:58 – 05:17 next day Leo
- 05:17 – 07:24 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