Houston panchang, 23 October 2024
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 18:40 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:29 to 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:29
- 13:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:40 to 07:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:48 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 19:45 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 19:21
- Karana Bava until 14:49, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:29
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. 05:47 – 06:38
- 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 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 21:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:29 – 14:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:12 – 19:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:53 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:30 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
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 07:03 Virgo
- 07:03 – 09:23 Libra
- 09:23 – 11:42 Scorpio
- 11:42 – 13:46 Sagittarius
- 13:46 – 15:27 Capricorn
- 15:27 – 16:54 Aquarius
- 16:54 – 18:17 Pisces
- 18:17 – 19:52 Aries
- 19:52 – 21:47 Taurus
- 21:47 – 00:02 next day Gemini
- 00:02 – 02:23 next day Cancer
- 02:23 – 04:41 next day Leo
- 04:41 – 06:59 next day Virgo
- 06:59 – 07:30 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