Houston panchang, 8 December 2023
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 02:48 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:04
- 10:23 Moon enters Libra
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:21 to 07:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 19:01
- Nakshatra Chitra until 23:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:34
- Karana Balava until 19:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:23 Moon enters Libra
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:04
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. 05:15 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:05 – 19:01
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:05 – 08:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:22 – 09:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:39 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:13 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:21 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:04 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 05:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:23 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:25 Libra
- 05:25 – 07:44 Scorpio
- 07:44 – 09:48 Sagittarius
- 09:48 – 11:30 Capricorn
- 11:30 – 12:56 Aquarius
- 12:56 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 15:54 Aries
- 15:54 – 17:49 Taurus
- 17:49 – 20:04 Gemini
- 20:04 – 22:25 Cancer
- 22:25 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 03:01 next day Virgo
- 03:01 – 05:21 next day Libra
- 05:21 – 07:06 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