Houston panchang, 21 October 2024
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 22:17 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 18:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:17
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:28 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:28
- 07:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:42 to 07:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:59
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 19:21 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 22:15
- Karana Taitila until 15:59, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:41 – 11:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:28 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:28
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 15:59 – 19:21
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. 05:46 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:16
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:28 – 15:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 19:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:21 – 07:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:42 | Good |
| Char | 18:42 – 20:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:18 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:53 – 07:29 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
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:11 Virgo
- 07:11 – 09:31 Libra
- 09:31 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 13:54 Sagittarius
- 13:54 – 15:35 Capricorn
- 15:35 – 17:02 Aquarius
- 17:02 – 18:25 Pisces
- 18:25 – 19:59 Aries
- 19:59 – 21:54 Taurus
- 21:54 – 00:09 next day Gemini
- 00:09 – 02:31 next day Cancer
- 02:31 – 04:49 next day Leo
- 04:49 – 07:07 next day Virgo
- 07:07 – 07:29 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