Houston panchang, 13 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 09:20 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:05
- 10:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:05 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:41 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:30
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:52
- Karana Taitila until 10:05, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:52 – 15:09 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:58 – 17:29 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. 05:29 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:30 – 07:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:52 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:12 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Char | 12:30 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:23 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:30 – 02:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:12 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:27 Sagittarius
- 07:27 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 10:34 Aquarius
- 10:34 – 11:58 Pisces
- 11:58 – 13:32 Aries
- 13:32 – 15:27 Taurus
- 15:27 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 20:03 Cancer
- 20:03 – 22:22 Leo
- 22:22 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:18 next day Sagittarius
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