Houston panchang, 26 December 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 03:22 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 09:49 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:26
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:28 to 07:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:14
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 08:58 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:53
- Karana Balava until 13:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:26
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. 05:25 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:28 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:32 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:49 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:28 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:22 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:06 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:49 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:34 Sagittarius
- 08:34 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:40 Aries
- 14:40 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:27 next day Scorpio
- 06:27 – 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