Houston panchang, 29 October 2023
Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 19:15 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:33 to 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 15:50 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta 17:07 – 17:52
- Rahu Kalam 17:13 – 18:36
- 09:30 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:11 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:36 to 07:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:50 – 06:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 13:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:30
- Karana Kaulava until 13:23, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:30 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:11 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:58 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:30 – 07:02 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:07 – 17:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:13 – 18:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:33 – 18:11
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 – 21:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:33 – 08:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:56 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:27 – 15:50 | Good |
| Rog | 15:50 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:50 | Good |
| Char | 21:50 – 23:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:28 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:34 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
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:50 – 06:42 Virgo
- 06:42 – 09:03 Libra
- 09:03 – 11:22 Scorpio
- 11:22 – 13:25 Sagittarius
- 13:25 – 15:07 Capricorn
- 15:07 – 16:33 Aquarius
- 16:33 – 17:57 Pisces
- 17:57 – 19:31 Aries
- 19:31 – 21:26 Taurus
- 21:26 – 23:41 Gemini
- 23:41 – 02:02 next day Cancer
- 02:02 – 04:21 next day Leo
- 04:21 – 06:38 next day Virgo
- 06:38 – 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