Houston panchang, 6 December 2024
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 11:39 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 17:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:21 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:03
- 12:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:20 to 07:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:36
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:12
- Karana Kaulava until 12:09, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:03
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 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:33
- 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 07:04 – 05:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:04 – 23:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:04 – 08:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:21 – 09:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:38 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:20 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 05:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:22 – 07:05 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
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:30 Libra
- 05:30 – 07:49 Scorpio
- 07:49 – 09:53 Sagittarius
- 09:53 – 11:34 Capricorn
- 11:34 – 13:01 Aquarius
- 13:01 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 15:59 Aries
- 15:59 – 17:54 Taurus
- 17:54 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:30 Cancer
- 22:30 – 00:48 next day Leo
- 00:48 – 03:06 next day Virgo
- 03:06 – 05:26 next day Libra
- 05:26 – 07:05 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