Houston panchang, 31 October 2023
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 20:46 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:31
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:49 – 17:12
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 11:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:34 to 07:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:34 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:51 – 06:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:36 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:41 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 11:00
- Nakshatra Rohini until 17:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 03:36 next day
- Karana Vishti until 11:00, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 11:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:36 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:41 next day Moon enters Gemini
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) 05:03 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:12
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 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:35 – 11:00
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:35 – 08:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:27 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:49 – 17:12 | Good |
| Rog | 17:12 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:34 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:12 – 21:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:49 – 23:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:27 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:51 – 06:34 Virgo
- 06:34 – 08:55 Libra
- 08:55 – 11:14 Scorpio
- 11:14 – 13:18 Sagittarius
- 13:18 – 14:59 Capricorn
- 14:59 – 16:25 Aquarius
- 16:25 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 19:23 Aries
- 19:23 – 21:18 Taurus
- 21:18 – 23:33 Gemini
- 23:33 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 06:30 next day Virgo
- 06:30 – 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