Houston panchang, 13 November 2023
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 07:02 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:17
- 09:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:25 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:06 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:26 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:20, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:26 – 04:50 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. 04:58 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:52 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:04 Libra
- 07:04 – 09:23 Scorpio
- 09:23 – 11:26 Sagittarius
- 11:26 – 13:08 Capricorn
- 13:08 – 14:34 Aquarius
- 14:34 – 15:58 Pisces
- 15:58 – 17:32 Aries
- 17:32 – 19:27 Taurus
- 19:27 – 21:42 Gemini
- 21:42 – 00:03 next day Cancer
- 00:03 – 02:22 next day Leo
- 02:22 – 04:39 next day Virgo
- 04:39 – 06:46 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 CST (UTC-6) · Method