Houston panchang, 20 November 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 22:11 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:25
- 17:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:22 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 05:33 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 04:05 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 00:31 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:20, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:33 – 17:59 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. 05:03 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:05 – 06:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:33 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:33 Libra
- 06:33 – 08:52 Scorpio
- 08:52 – 10:56 Sagittarius
- 10:56 – 12:37 Capricorn
- 12:37 – 14:04 Aquarius
- 14:04 – 15:27 Pisces
- 15:27 – 17:02 Aries
- 17:02 – 18:57 Taurus
- 18:57 – 21:11 Gemini
- 21:11 – 23:33 Cancer
- 23:33 – 01:51 next day Leo
- 01:51 – 04:09 next day Virgo
- 04:09 – 06:29 next day Libra
- 06:29 – 06:52 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