Houston panchang, 11 December 2024
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 14:23 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:31
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:21 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 13:39
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 07:17
- Karana Vishti until 13:39, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:17 – 17:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:31
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:08 – 22:22
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:22 – 07:08 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. 05:17 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:39 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:30 Scorpio
- 07:30 – 09:33 Sagittarius
- 09:33 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:39 Aries
- 15:39 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 00:29 next day Leo
- 00:29 – 02:46 next day Virgo
- 02:46 – 05:07 next day Libra
- 05:07 – 07:08 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