Houston panchang, 18 November 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 20:02 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:16
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:23 to 06:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:26
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:25 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 03:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:26, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:16
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. 05:02 – 05:56
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:23 | Good |
| Char | 17:23 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:51 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:41 Libra
- 06:41 – 09:00 Scorpio
- 09:00 – 11:04 Sagittarius
- 11:04 – 12:45 Capricorn
- 12:45 – 14:12 Aquarius
- 14:12 – 15:35 Pisces
- 15:35 – 17:09 Aries
- 17:09 – 19:04 Taurus
- 19:04 – 21:19 Gemini
- 21:19 – 23:41 Cancer
- 23:41 – 01:59 next day Leo
- 01:59 – 04:17 next day Virgo
- 04:17 – 06:37 next day Libra
- 06:37 – 06:51 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