Houston panchang, 30 October 2024
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 05:54 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:35 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:27
- 11:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:06 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:34 to 07:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:51 – 06:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:23 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:20
- Karana Vishti until 16:06, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:06 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:27
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. 05:51 – 06:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 21:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:35 – 11:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:35 – 08:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:50 – 23:27 | Good |
| Char | 23:27 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:35 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:51 – 06:35 Virgo
- 06:35 – 08:56 Libra
- 08:56 – 11:15 Scorpio
- 11:15 – 13:19 Sagittarius
- 13:19 – 15:00 Capricorn
- 15:00 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 17:50 Pisces
- 17:50 – 19:24 Aries
- 19:24 – 21:19 Taurus
- 21:19 – 23:34 Gemini
- 23:34 – 01:55 next day Cancer
- 01:55 – 04:14 next day Leo
- 04:14 – 06:31 next day Virgo
- 06:31 – 07:35 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