Houston panchang, 12 December 2023
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 06:56 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 09:41 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:05
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:21 to 07:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:32 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 23:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:32
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 23:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:21
- Karana Naga until 17:32, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:32 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 23:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:21 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 10:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 07:11 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. 05:18 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:08 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:25 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Char | 09:41 – 10:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:58 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:05 | Good |
| Rog | 16:05 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:05 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:58 – 03:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:42 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:25 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:29 Scorpio
- 07:29 – 09:32 Sagittarius
- 09:32 – 11:14 Capricorn
- 11:14 – 12:40 Aquarius
- 12:40 – 14:04 Pisces
- 14:04 – 15:38 Aries
- 15:38 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 22:09 Cancer
- 22:09 – 00:28 next day Leo
- 00:28 – 02:45 next day Virgo
- 02:45 – 05:06 next day Libra
- 05:06 – 07:08 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