Houston panchang, 2 December 2023
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 22:17 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 17:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:23
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:45
- 07:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:20 to 07:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:57 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 07:24 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 08:48
- Karana Gara until 18:47, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Indra
- 18:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 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. 05:11 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 01:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:20 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:03 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:19 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:49 Libra
- 05:49 – 08:08 Scorpio
- 08:08 – 10:12 Sagittarius
- 10:12 – 11:53 Capricorn
- 11:53 – 13:19 Aquarius
- 13:19 – 14:43 Pisces
- 14:43 – 16:17 Aries
- 16:17 – 18:12 Taurus
- 18:12 – 20:27 Gemini
- 20:27 – 22:48 Cancer
- 22:48 – 01:07 next day Leo
- 01:07 – 03:24 next day Virgo
- 03:24 – 05:45 next day Libra
- 05:45 – 07:01 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