Houston panchang, 25 December 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 02:26 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:38
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:59 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:27 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 10:59
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:39 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 10:16
- Karana Vishti until 10:59, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:38
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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:32 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:32 – 07:16 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 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:39 Taurus
- 16:39 – 18:54 Gemini
- 18:54 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 07:16 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