Houston panchang, 26 December 2023
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 17:10 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 17:28- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 09:48 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:22 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 14:55 – 16:11
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:28 to 07:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:33
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 15:50
- Karana Bava until 18:33, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:11
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 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:32 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Char | 09:48 – 11:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:05 – 12:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:22 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:55 – 16:11 | Good |
| Rog | 16:11 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:28 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:11 – 20:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:55 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:22 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
- 06:30 – 07:16 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