Houston panchang, 1 December 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 07:32 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:20
- 12:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:20 to 07:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:15 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:30 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:15 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 04:30 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 12:51, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:15 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:30 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:20
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:30 – 06:30 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 04:15 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. 05:11 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:15 – 07:01 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:15 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:00 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:18 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 10:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:53 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:53 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:18 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:50 Libra
- 05:50 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:13 Sagittarius
- 10:13 – 11:54 Capricorn
- 11:54 – 13:20 Aquarius
- 13:20 – 14:44 Pisces
- 14:44 – 16:18 Aries
- 16:18 – 18:13 Taurus
- 18:13 – 20:28 Gemini
- 20:28 – 22:49 Cancer
- 22:49 – 01:08 next day Leo
- 01:08 – 03:25 next day Virgo
- 03:25 – 05:46 next day Libra
- 05:46 – 07:01 next day Scorpio
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