Houston panchang, 23 December 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 00:39 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:24
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:26 to 07:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:22 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:47 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:24
- Karana Taitila until 19:00, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:24
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:47 – 07:15 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. 05:24 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:47 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:26 | Good |
| Char | 17:26 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:47 Taurus
- 16:47 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:39 next day Scorpio
- 06:39 – 07:15 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