Houston panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 22:52 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 17:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam 11:02 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:08
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:25 to 07:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 00:51 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 06:52 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:51 – 13:53 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:13 – 16:17
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. 05:23 – 06:18
- 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 17:25 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:13 – 00:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:17 – 07:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:17 – 07:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:17 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:13 – 08:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:29 – 09:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:46 – 11:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:02 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:25 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:46 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:30 – 07:14 next day | Bad |
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 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:50 next day Scorpio
- 06:50 – 07:14 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