Houston panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 09:58 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:06
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:22 to 07:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 19:32
- Karana Gara until 11:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:32 – 23:08
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 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 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 07:10 – 18:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:54 – 07:10 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:28 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:10 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:43 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:22 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:06 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:21 Sagittarius
- 09:21 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 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