Houston panchang, 14 December 2023
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 09:04 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 17:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta 10:33 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:19
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:26 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:22 to 07:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:14 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:26
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:46
- Karana Kaulava until 13:26, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:14 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:33 – 11:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:19
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. 05:19 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:40 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:09 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:26 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:42 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Char | 10:59 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:05 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:25 Sagittarius
- 09:25 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:32 Aquarius
- 12:32 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:58 next day Libra
- 04:58 – 07:10 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