Houston panchang, 25 December 2023
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 16:16 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 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:25
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:27 to 07:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Moon enters Gemini
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:17
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 16:51
- Karana Vanija until 18:17, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Moon enters Gemini
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:25
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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 10:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:15 – 10:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:09 – 07:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:09 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:32 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:11 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 06:34 next day Scorpio
- 06:34 – 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