Houston panchang, 23 November 2023
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 15:00 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:12
- Gulika Kalam 09:30 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:23 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:16
- 09:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:21 to 06:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:32
- Nakshatra Revati until 04:30 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:34
- Karana Vishti until 09:32, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:32 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:23 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:34 – 18:53 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. 05:05 – 05:59
- 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 17:21 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 04:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:30 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:12 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:30 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:26 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:03 – 17:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:21 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:03 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:31 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:12 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:24 Libra
- 06:24 – 08:43 Scorpio
- 08:43 – 10:47 Sagittarius
- 10:47 – 12:29 Capricorn
- 12:29 – 13:55 Aquarius
- 13:55 – 15:19 Pisces
- 15:19 – 16:53 Aries
- 16:53 – 18:48 Taurus
- 18:48 – 21:03 Gemini
- 21:03 – 23:24 Cancer
- 23:24 – 01:42 next day Leo
- 01:42 – 04:00 next day Virgo
- 04:00 – 06:20 next day Libra
- 06:20 – 06:54 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