Houston panchang, 21 November 2023
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 13:57 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:58 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 09:29 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam 14:44 – 16:03
- 08:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:22 to 06:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:28 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 03:15 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 13:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 03:15 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:40, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:28 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 03:15 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:58 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:15 – 04:27 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:52 – 08:31
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:31 – 06:52 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. 05:04 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:31 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:10 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Char | 09:29 – 10:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:48 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:03 | Good |
| Rog | 16:03 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:03 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:30 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:11 – 06:52 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:32 Libra
- 06:32 – 08:51 Scorpio
- 08:51 – 10:55 Sagittarius
- 10:55 – 12:36 Capricorn
- 12:36 – 14:03 Aquarius
- 14:03 – 15:26 Pisces
- 15:26 – 17:01 Aries
- 17:01 – 18:56 Taurus
- 18:56 – 21:10 Gemini
- 21:10 – 23:32 Cancer
- 23:32 – 01:50 next day Leo
- 01:50 – 04:08 next day Virgo
- 04:08 – 06:28 next day Libra
- 06:28 – 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