Houston panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 14:45 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 17:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:47 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 14:53
- 07:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:49 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:47 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:26 to 07:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:47 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 06:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:54
- Nakshatra Bharani until 09:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 19:47
- Karana Bava until 07:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:49 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:47 Moon enters Taurus
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:47 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 06:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:53
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. 05:24 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 09:47 | Good |
| Rog | 09:47 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:04 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:09 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:26 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:09 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:42 next day Scorpio
- 06:42 – 07:15 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