Houston panchang, 19 October 2024
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 20:26 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 18:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 15:55
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:44 to 07:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:41 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:01 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:41 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:44, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:41 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:55
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 – 06:36
- 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 18:44 – 21:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:16 – 07:27 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:01 – 07:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:01 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:20 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:44 – 20:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:20 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:55 – 23:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:27 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
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 07:18 Virgo
- 07:18 – 09:39 Libra
- 09:39 – 11:58 Scorpio
- 11:58 – 14:02 Sagittarius
- 14:02 – 15:43 Capricorn
- 15:43 – 17:09 Aquarius
- 17:09 – 18:33 Pisces
- 18:33 – 20:07 Aries
- 20:07 – 22:02 Taurus
- 22:02 – 00:17 next day Gemini
- 00:17 – 02:39 next day Cancer
- 02:39 – 04:57 next day Leo
- 04:57 – 07:14 next day Virgo
- 07:14 – 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