Houston panchang, 23 January 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 15:59 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 12:33 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:30
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:09 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:49 to 07:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:09 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:42 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:09
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:56 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 20:09
- Karana Taitila until 09:09, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:56 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:09 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:34 – 20:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:09 – 21:21
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 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 18:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 09:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:35 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:14 – 12:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:33 – 13:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:52 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:49 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:52 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:33 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:35 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:47 Sagittarius
- 06:47 – 08:29 Capricorn
- 08:29 – 09:55 Aquarius
- 09:55 – 11:19 Pisces
- 11:19 – 12:53 Aries
- 12:53 – 14:48 Taurus
- 14:48 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:24 Cancer
- 19:24 – 21:42 Leo
- 21:42 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 02:21 next day Libra
- 02:21 – 04:40 next day Scorpio
- 04:40 – 06:43 next day Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 07:16 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