Houston panchang, 16 November 2023
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 10:15 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 17:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:47 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:16
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:24 to 06:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 23:33
- Nakshatra Mula until 14:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 20:05
- Karana Vanija until 12:21, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:05 – 22:05
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. 05:00 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:33 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:47 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:04 – 17:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:24 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:04 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:48 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
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:52 Libra
- 06:52 – 09:11 Scorpio
- 09:11 – 11:15 Sagittarius
- 11:15 – 12:56 Capricorn
- 12:56 – 14:22 Aquarius
- 14:22 – 15:46 Pisces
- 15:46 – 17:20 Aries
- 17:20 – 19:15 Taurus
- 19:15 – 21:30 Gemini
- 21:30 – 23:51 Cancer
- 23:51 – 02:10 next day Leo
- 02:10 – 04:27 next day Virgo
- 04:27 – 06:48 next day Libra
- 06:48 – 06:48 next day Scorpio
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