Houston panchang, 18 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 12:09 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 17:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta 10:47 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:40
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:45 to 07:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 15:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:15 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:15, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:47 – 11:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:40
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 17:45 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 15:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:28 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Char | 11:13 – 12:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:31 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:07 Sagittarius
- 07:07 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 11:38 Pisces
- 11:38 – 13:13 Aries
- 13:13 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:59 next day Scorpio
- 04:59 – 07:03 next day Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 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