Houston panchang, 7 December 2024
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 12:13 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam 09:39 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 14:47
- 10:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:20 to 07:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 04:33 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 18:55
- Karana Gara until 10:58, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 10:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:55 – 20:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:14 – 09:26 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. 05:15 – 06:10
- 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 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:22 – 09:39 | Good |
| Rog | 09:39 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:20 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:56 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:39 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:22 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:26 Libra
- 05:26 – 07:45 Scorpio
- 07:45 – 09:49 Sagittarius
- 09:49 – 11:31 Capricorn
- 11:31 – 12:57 Aquarius
- 12:57 – 14:21 Pisces
- 14:21 – 15:55 Aries
- 15:55 – 17:50 Taurus
- 17:50 – 20:05 Gemini
- 20:05 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 03:02 next day Virgo
- 03:02 – 05:22 next day Libra
- 05:22 – 07:06 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