Houston panchang, 18 November 2023
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 12:03 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:49 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:44
- 08:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:23 to 06:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:53 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 14:47
- Karana Kaulava until 08:52, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:53 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:44
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. 05:02 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:49 – 12:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:36 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:49 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:44 Libra
- 06:44 – 09:03 Scorpio
- 09:03 – 11:07 Sagittarius
- 11:07 – 12:48 Capricorn
- 12:48 – 14:14 Aquarius
- 14:14 – 15:38 Pisces
- 15:38 – 17:12 Aries
- 17:12 – 19:07 Taurus
- 19:07 – 21:22 Gemini
- 21:22 – 23:43 Cancer
- 23:43 – 02:02 next day Leo
- 02:02 – 04:19 next day Virgo
- 04:19 – 06:40 next day Libra
- 06:40 – 06:50 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