Houston panchang, 19 November 2023
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 12:46 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:23
- 06:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:23 to 06:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:52
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:57
- Karana Gara until 06:53, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:37 – 04:49 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:13 – 15:12
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. 05:02 – 05:56
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:28 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:40 Libra
- 06:40 – 08:59 Scorpio
- 08:59 – 11:03 Sagittarius
- 11:03 – 12:44 Capricorn
- 12:44 – 14:11 Aquarius
- 14:11 – 15:34 Pisces
- 15:34 – 17:08 Aries
- 17:08 – 19:03 Taurus
- 19:03 – 21:18 Gemini
- 21:18 – 23:40 Cancer
- 23:40 – 01:58 next day Leo
- 01:58 – 04:16 next day Virgo
- 04:16 – 06:36 next day Libra
- 06:36 – 06:51 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