Houston panchang, 4 December 2023
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 17:20 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 17:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:16
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 10:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:20 to 07:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 10:30
- Nakshatra Magha until 13:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 10:16
- Karana Bava until 10:30, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 10:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:25 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:16 – 11:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 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. 05:12 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:02 – 13:05
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:37 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:20 | Good |
| Char | 17:20 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:20 – 07:03 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
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:41 Libra
- 05:41 – 08:00 Scorpio
- 08:00 – 10:04 Sagittarius
- 10:04 – 11:45 Capricorn
- 11:45 – 13:12 Aquarius
- 13:12 – 14:35 Pisces
- 14:35 – 16:09 Aries
- 16:09 – 18:04 Taurus
- 18:04 – 20:19 Gemini
- 20:19 – 22:41 Cancer
- 22:41 – 00:59 next day Leo
- 00:59 – 03:17 next day Virgo
- 03:17 – 05:37 next day Libra
- 05:37 – 07:03 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