Houston panchang, 20 October 2024
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 21:19 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 18:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam 15:54 – 17:19
- Durmuhurta 17:13 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam 17:19 – 18:43
- 17:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:43 to 07:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:43 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 17:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 00:41 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:47, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 17:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:13 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:19 – 18:43
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:41 – 11:28 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. 05:46 – 06:37
- 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 18:43 – 21:16
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:27 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:52 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 15:54 | Good |
| Rog | 15:54 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:19 – 21:55 | Good |
| Char | 21:55 – 23:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:28 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 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:14 Virgo
- 07:14 – 09:35 Libra
- 09:35 – 11:54 Scorpio
- 11:54 – 13:58 Sagittarius
- 13:58 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 17:06 Aquarius
- 17:06 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 20:03 Aries
- 20:03 – 21:58 Taurus
- 21:58 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:35 next day Cancer
- 02:35 – 04:53 next day Leo
- 04:53 – 07:11 next day Virgo
- 07:11 – 07:28 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