Houston panchang, 10 December 2023
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 04:46 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 17:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:04 – 17:21
- 07:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:21 to 07:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:40
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:43 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:04
- Karana Gara until 07:47, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:59 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:04 – 17:21
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:06 – 00:43 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:43 – 07:07 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. 05:16 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:06 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:23 – 09:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:40 – 10:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:57 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:30 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:04 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:21 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:41 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:24 – 07:07 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
- 07:06 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:17 Libra
- 05:17 – 07:37 Scorpio
- 07:37 – 09:40 Sagittarius
- 09:40 – 11:22 Capricorn
- 11:22 – 12:48 Aquarius
- 12:48 – 14:12 Pisces
- 14:12 – 15:46 Aries
- 15:46 – 17:41 Taurus
- 17:41 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 22:17 Cancer
- 22:17 – 00:35 next day Leo
- 00:35 – 02:53 next day Virgo
- 02:53 – 05:14 next day Libra
- 05:14 – 07:07 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