Houston panchang, 16 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 11:04 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 17:43- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 12:31 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:25
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 12:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:08 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:43 to 07:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:28
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 17:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 08:30
- Karana Taitila until 12:28, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 12:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:08 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:25
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) 12:10 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 17:08
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 17:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 17:08
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:36 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:13 – 12:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:31 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:43 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:31 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:12 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 08:56 Capricorn
- 08:56 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:15 Taurus
- 15:15 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 07:18 next day Capricorn
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