Houston panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 13:34 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 17:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:46 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:23
- 09:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:39 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:25 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:47
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 23:40
- Karana Taitila until 09:25, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:39 Moon enters Aries
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:57 – 12:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:23
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. 05:23 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:13 – 10:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:13 – 07:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:13 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:39 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:30 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:46 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Char | 11:03 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:08 – 17:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:25 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:08 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:46 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 16:58 Taurus
- 16:58 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:52 Leo
- 23:52 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
- 06:49 – 07:14 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