Houston panchang, 30 December 2023
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 21:03 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 14:57
- 11:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:30 to 07:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:12 Moon enters Leo
- 00:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 00:26 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:12 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 15:25
- Karana Bava until 11:17, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:12 Moon enters Leo
- 00:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 14:57
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. 05:27 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:17 – 00:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:07 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:24 – 02:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:07 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:34 – 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
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:29 Aquarius
- 11:29 – 12:53 Pisces
- 12:53 – 14:27 Aries
- 14:27 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 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