Houston panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 18:23 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:31
- 08:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:48 to 07:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:50 next day Moon enters Aries
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:47 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:26
- Karana Vanija until 10:11, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:50 next day Moon enters Aries
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:11 – 20:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:31
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:47 – 05:50 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:50 – 07:25 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. 05:44 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:25 – 08:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:22 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:22 – 21:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:57 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:25 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
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:30 Virgo
- 07:30 – 09:51 Libra
- 09:51 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:14 Sagittarius
- 14:14 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:21 Aquarius
- 17:21 – 18:45 Pisces
- 18:45 – 20:19 Aries
- 20:19 – 22:14 Taurus
- 22:14 – 00:29 next day Gemini
- 00:29 – 02:50 next day Cancer
- 02:50 – 05:09 next day Leo
- 05:09 – 07:25 next day Virgo
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method