Houston panchang, 12 December 2024
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 15:02 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 17:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta 10:33 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:19
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 10:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:22 to 07:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:49 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 10:56
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:20 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 00:23 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 10:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:20 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:49 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:33 – 11:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:19
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. 05:18 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:20 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:25 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:42 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Char | 10:58 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:05 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:26 Scorpio
- 07:26 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:37 Aquarius
- 12:37 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 05:03 next day Libra
- 05:03 – 07:09 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