Houston panchang, 24 December 2023
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 15:28 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:21 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:26
- 09:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:26 to 07:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 18:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 18:25
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 18:25, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 18:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:26
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 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:49 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:31 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:21 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:26 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:10 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:45 Sagittarius
- 08:45 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:58 next day Virgo
- 01:58 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 06:38 next day Scorpio
- 06:38 – 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