Houston panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 11:59 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 17:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:21
- 10:01 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:23 to 07:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:50 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 07:07 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 01:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:51 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 10:01
- Karana Gara until 14:39, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:01 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:50 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 07:07 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:37 – 06:50 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:50 – 12:39 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:07 – 04:26 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. 05:21 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:38
- 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 07:12 – 13:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:28 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:45 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:07 – 17:23 | Good |
| Char | 17:23 – 19:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:07 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:29 – 07:12 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:14 Aries
- 15:14 – 17:09 Taurus
- 17:09 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 07:01 next day Scorpio
- 07:01 – 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