Houston panchang, 6 November 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 11:30 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:26
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:29 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:24 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:11
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:17 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:21
- Karana Balava until 13:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:21 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:24 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:21 – 00:21 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. 04:55 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:17 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:08 Virgo
- 05:08 – 07:28 Libra
- 07:28 – 09:47 Scorpio
- 09:47 – 11:51 Sagittarius
- 11:51 – 13:32 Capricorn
- 13:32 – 14:59 Aquarius
- 14:59 – 16:22 Pisces
- 16:22 – 17:57 Aries
- 17:57 – 19:52 Taurus
- 19:52 – 22:06 Gemini
- 22:06 – 00:28 next day Cancer
- 00:28 – 02:46 next day Leo
- 02:46 – 05:04 next day Virgo
- 05:04 – 06:41 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 CST (UTC-6) · Method