Houston panchang, 3 December 2024
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 09:26 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 17:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 09:36 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:03
- 13:43 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:20 to 07:03 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 05:44 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 02:26 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:43, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 10:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:03
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:44 – 07:03 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 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:02 – 01:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 07:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:19 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Char | 09:36 – 10:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:54 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:03 | Good |
| Rog | 16:03 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:20 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:03 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:54 – 03:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:37 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:20 – 07:03 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
- 07:02 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:42 Libra
- 05:42 – 08:01 Scorpio
- 08:01 – 10:05 Sagittarius
- 10:05 – 11:46 Capricorn
- 11:46 – 13:13 Aquarius
- 13:13 – 14:36 Pisces
- 14:36 – 16:10 Aries
- 16:10 – 18:05 Taurus
- 18:05 – 20:20 Gemini
- 20:20 – 22:42 Cancer
- 22:42 – 01:00 next day Leo
- 01:00 – 03:18 next day Virgo
- 03:18 – 05:38 next day Libra
- 05:38 – 07:03 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