Houston panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 11:24 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 17:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:07 – 17:23
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:23 to 07:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:44 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:05 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:07 – 17:23
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. 05:21 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:24 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 09:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:44 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:07 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:07 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:28 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 12:20 Aquarius
- 12:20 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
- 07:05 – 07:12 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