Houston panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 23:47 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:46 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 14:52
- 13:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:25 to 07:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 01:25 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:53, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 01:25 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:51 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:52
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:44 – 07:14 next day
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) 11:59 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:14 – 18:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:30 – 09:46 | Good |
| Rog | 09:46 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:09 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:09 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:47 next day Scorpio
- 06:47 – 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