Houston panchang, 6 December 2023
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 01:00 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:29
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:20 to 07:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 15:34
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:58 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 11:59
- Karana Gara until 15:34, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:29
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. 05:14 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:58 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 07:04 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
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:33 Libra
- 05:33 – 07:52 Scorpio
- 07:52 – 09:56 Sagittarius
- 09:56 – 11:37 Capricorn
- 11:37 – 13:04 Aquarius
- 13:04 – 14:27 Pisces
- 14:27 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:51 next day Leo
- 00:51 – 03:09 next day Virgo
- 03:09 – 05:29 next day Libra
- 05:29 – 07:04 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