Houston panchang, 24 December 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 01:32 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:17 – 09:58
- Yamaganda 09:48 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:10
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:23 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:21 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:27 to 07:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:22
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:52 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 09:23
- Karana Gara until 08:22, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:23 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:21 Moon enters Libra
- 21:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:17 – 09:58
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:23 – 11:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:10
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 – 06:20
- 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 17:27 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:31 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Char | 09:48 – 11:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:04 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:10 | Good |
| Rog | 16:10 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:27 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:10 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:05 – 03:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:48 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:35 next day Scorpio
- 06:35 – 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