Houston panchang, 17 October 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 18:59 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 18:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:30
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:47 to 07:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:47 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 02:45 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:56 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 15:11
- Karana Balava until 16:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:11 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:30
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. 05:44 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 21:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:21 – 18:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:21 – 21:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:56 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:51 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:47 Libra
- 09:47 – 12:06 Scorpio
- 12:06 – 14:10 Sagittarius
- 14:10 – 15:51 Capricorn
- 15:51 – 17:17 Aquarius
- 17:17 – 18:41 Pisces
- 18:41 – 20:15 Aries
- 20:15 – 22:10 Taurus
- 22:10 – 00:25 next day Gemini
- 00:25 – 02:46 next day Cancer
- 02:46 – 05:05 next day Leo
- 05:05 – 07:22 next day Virgo
- 07:22 – 07:26 next day Libra
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