Houston panchang, 14 December 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 16:41 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:43 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 14:49
- 16:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:24 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:22 to 07:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:01 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:37
- Karana Vishti until 16:13, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:24 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:49
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. 05:19 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:10 – 16:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 16:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:26 – 09:43 | Good |
| Rog | 09:43 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:22 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:22 Sagittarius
- 09:22 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:37 Gemini
- 19:37 – 21:58 Cancer
- 21:58 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 04:55 next day Libra
- 04:55 – 07:10 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