Houston panchang, 22 December 2023
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 14:08 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta 09:16 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:09
- 08:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:25 to 07:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 10:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 21:37
- Karana Vanija until 08:12, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 19:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:16 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:09
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 – 12:40
- 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 07:14 – 10:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:14 – 10:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:14 – 19:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:14 – 08:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:30 – 09:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:47 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:25 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:49 Scorpio
- 06:49 – 08:53 Sagittarius
- 08:53 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:45 next day Scorpio
- 06:45 – 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