Houston panchang, 4 December 2024
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 10:16 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:29
- 11:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:20 to 07:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:56 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:57 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:33, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:29
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. 05:13 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:03 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:38 Libra
- 05:38 – 07:57 Scorpio
- 07:57 – 10:01 Sagittarius
- 10:01 – 11:42 Capricorn
- 11:42 – 13:09 Aquarius
- 13:09 – 14:32 Pisces
- 14:32 – 16:07 Aries
- 16:07 – 18:01 Taurus
- 18:01 – 20:16 Gemini
- 20:16 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 03:14 next day Virgo
- 03:14 – 05:34 next day Libra
- 05:34 – 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