Houston panchang, 22 December 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:26 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 17:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:26
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:26 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:30
- Karana Balava until 16:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:26
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. 05:24 – 06:19
- 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 17:26 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:14 – 21:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:39 – 07:14 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:39 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:30 – 09:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:47 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:09 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:26 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:09 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:31 – 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 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:47 Scorpio
- 06:47 – 08:50 Sagittarius
- 08:50 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:43 next day Scorpio
- 06:43 – 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