Houston panchang, 20 November 2023
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 13:23 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:16
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:46 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:22 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:46
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 09:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:04
- Karana Bava until 15:46, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:04 – 12:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:16
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. 05:03 – 05:57
- 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 17:22 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:22 | Good |
| Char | 17:22 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:36 Libra
- 06:36 – 08:55 Scorpio
- 08:55 – 10:59 Sagittarius
- 10:59 – 12:40 Capricorn
- 12:40 – 14:07 Aquarius
- 14:07 – 15:30 Pisces
- 15:30 – 17:04 Aries
- 17:04 – 18:59 Taurus
- 18:59 – 21:14 Gemini
- 21:14 – 23:36 Cancer
- 23:36 – 01:54 next day Leo
- 01:54 – 04:12 next day Virgo
- 04:12 – 06:32 next day Libra
- 06:32 – 06:52 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