Houston panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 18:47 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 17:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:21
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:23 to 07:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:26
- Nakshatra Ardra until 13:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 11:52
- Karana Taitila until 12:07, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:21
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 – 06:16
- 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 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:23 | Good |
| Char | 17:23 – 19:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:07 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:28 – 07:11 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
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:14 Taurus
- 17:14 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
- 07:06 – 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