Houston panchang, 18 October 2024
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 19:40 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 18:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:27
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:28 – 14:14
- Yamaganda 15:56 – 17:21
- 11:04 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:45 to 07:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:45 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:40 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 07:11 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:19
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:16 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 11:04
- Karana Taitila until 13:00, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:04 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:40 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 07:11 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:28 – 14:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:11 – 03:41 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. 05:45 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 21:18
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:26 – 08:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Char | 17:21 – 18:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:21 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:56 – 23:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:27 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
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 07:22 Virgo
- 07:22 – 09:43 Libra
- 09:43 – 12:02 Scorpio
- 12:02 – 14:06 Sagittarius
- 14:06 – 15:47 Capricorn
- 15:47 – 17:13 Aquarius
- 17:13 – 18:37 Pisces
- 18:37 – 20:11 Aries
- 20:11 – 22:06 Taurus
- 22:06 – 00:21 next day Gemini
- 00:21 – 02:42 next day Cancer
- 02:42 – 05:01 next day Leo
- 05:01 – 07:18 next day Virgo
- 07:18 – 07:27 next day Libra
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