Houston panchang, 1 November 2023
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 21:39 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 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:20
- 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
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:06 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:33 to 07:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:52 – 06:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:49
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 02:42 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:06 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:20
- 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 18:33 – 21:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:35 – 18:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:35 – 08:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:27 | Good |
| Char | 23:27 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:36 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
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:31 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 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 08:51 Libra
- 08:51 – 11:10 Scorpio
- 11:10 – 13:14 Sagittarius
- 13:14 – 14:55 Capricorn
- 14:55 – 16:21 Aquarius
- 16:21 – 17:45 Pisces
- 17:45 – 19:19 Aries
- 19:19 – 21:14 Taurus
- 21:14 – 23:29 Gemini
- 23:29 – 01:50 next day Cancer
- 01:50 – 04:09 next day Leo
- 04:09 – 06:26 next day Virgo
- 06:26 – 07:36 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