Houston panchang, 2 December 2024
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 08:31 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 17:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:16
- 13:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:20 to 07:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:39 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:11 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 03:37 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:37 – 06:01 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 07:02 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. 05:12 – 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:18 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:20 | Good |
| Char | 17:20 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:19 – 07:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:46 Libra
- 05:46 – 08:05 Scorpio
- 08:05 – 10:09 Sagittarius
- 10:09 – 11:50 Capricorn
- 11:50 – 13:16 Aquarius
- 13:16 – 14:40 Pisces
- 14:40 – 16:14 Aries
- 16:14 – 18:09 Taurus
- 18:09 – 20:24 Gemini
- 20:24 – 22:46 Cancer
- 22:46 – 01:04 next day Leo
- 01:04 – 03:22 next day Virgo
- 03:22 – 05:42 next day Libra
- 05:42 – 07:02 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