Houston panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 17:42 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 17:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:23
- 13:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:23 to 07:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:57 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 14:33
- Karana Balava until 13:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:23
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. 05:20 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 09:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:43 – 11:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:00 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:11 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 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 07:10 next day Scorpio
- 07:10 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
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