Houston panchang, 28 October 2024
Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 04:09 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:33 to 18:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:19
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:27 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:39 – 16:23
- 10:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:40 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:36 to 07:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:50 – 06:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:02 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:03 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 21:17
- Karana Kaulava until 10:40, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:40 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:27 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:39 – 16:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:17 – 22:21 next day
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. 05:50 – 06:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 21:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:33 – 08:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 20:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:13 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:50 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:28 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:57 – 07:34 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
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:50 – 06:43 Virgo
- 06:43 – 09:04 Libra
- 09:04 – 11:23 Scorpio
- 11:23 – 13:26 Sagittarius
- 13:26 – 15:08 Capricorn
- 15:08 – 16:34 Aquarius
- 16:34 – 17:58 Pisces
- 17:58 – 19:32 Aries
- 19:32 – 21:27 Taurus
- 21:27 – 23:42 Gemini
- 23:42 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 04:22 next day Leo
- 04:22 – 06:39 next day Virgo
- 06:39 – 07:34 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