Houston panchang, 9 December 2024
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 13:16 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 17:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 10:57 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:18
- 07:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:21 to 07:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:00 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:35
- Karana Balava until 07:35, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:35 – 10:32 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:18
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. 05:16 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:06 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:40 – 10:57 | Good |
| Rog | 10:57 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:04 – 17:21 | Good |
| Char | 17:21 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:24 – 07:07 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:18 Libra
- 05:18 – 07:38 Scorpio
- 07:38 – 09:41 Sagittarius
- 09:41 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 12:49 Aquarius
- 12:49 – 14:13 Pisces
- 14:13 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:36 next day Leo
- 00:36 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 05:15 next day Libra
- 05:15 – 07:07 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