Houston panchang, 5 December 2024
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 11:00 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:17
- 13:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:20 to 07:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:38 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 23:12
- Karana Bava until 13:01, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:12 – 02:48 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:36 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:35 – 12:38
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. 05:14 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:03 – 00:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:48 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:20 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:03 – 17:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:20 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:03 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:21 – 07:04 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
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:34 Libra
- 05:34 – 07:53 Scorpio
- 07:53 – 09:57 Sagittarius
- 09:57 – 11:38 Capricorn
- 11:38 – 13:05 Aquarius
- 13:05 – 14:28 Pisces
- 14:28 – 16:03 Aries
- 16:03 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:12 Gemini
- 20:12 – 22:34 Cancer
- 22:34 – 00:52 next day Leo
- 00:52 – 03:10 next day Virgo
- 03:10 – 05:30 next day Libra
- 05:30 – 07:04 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