Houston panchang, 16 November 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 18:02 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 07:30 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:45
- 07:58 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 12:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:23 to 06:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:20
- Nakshatra Krittika until 07:58 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 12:17
- Karana Kaulava until 12:20, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:58 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 12:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:30 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:45
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. 05:01 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:04
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:58 – 05:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:58 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:07 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:49 Libra
- 06:49 – 09:08 Scorpio
- 09:08 – 11:12 Sagittarius
- 11:12 – 12:53 Capricorn
- 12:53 – 14:19 Aquarius
- 14:19 – 15:43 Pisces
- 15:43 – 17:17 Aries
- 17:17 – 19:12 Taurus
- 19:12 – 21:27 Gemini
- 21:27 – 23:48 Cancer
- 23:48 – 02:07 next day Leo
- 02:07 – 04:24 next day Virgo
- 04:24 – 06:45 next day Libra
- 06:45 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
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