Houston panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 18:08 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:39
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:28 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 19:16
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 15:10
- Karana Kaulava until 19:16, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:39
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 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:16 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:32 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 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