Houston panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 19:07 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 17:29- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:49 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:26
- 07:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:29 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 20:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 14:53
- Karana Taitila until 07:49, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:53 – 14:58 next day
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. 05:26 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 13:34
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:16 – 13:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 13:34 – 07:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:34 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:33 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:49 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Char | 11:06 – 12:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:23 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:29 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:06 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 23:25 Leo
- 23:25 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 07:17 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