Houston panchang, 19 December 2024
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 21:56 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 17:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:45 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:36 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:22
- 10:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:29 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:29 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:24 to 07:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:41 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 23:19
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:29 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:41 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:50, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:29 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:29 Moon enters Leo
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:41 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:03 – 07:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:03 – 08:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:36 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:22
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. 05:22 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:13 – 23:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:29 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:45 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:08 – 17:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:24 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:08 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:46 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:13 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
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
- 06:54 – 07:13 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