Houston panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 10:44 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 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:43 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 14:50
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:23 to 07:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:16
- Karana Vishti until 08:30, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:50
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. 05:20 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 17:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 17:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:10 – 08:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:43 | Good |
| Rog | 09:43 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:44 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:24 Aquarius
- 12:24 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 07:09 next day Scorpio
- 07:09 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
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