Houston panchang, 28 December 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 05:20 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 17:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 14:56
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:29 to 07:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 16:03
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 10:43 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 10:53
- Karana Vanija until 16:03, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:06
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:53 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 14:56
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. 05:26 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:03 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:33 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:06 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:29 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:23 – 02:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:06 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:17 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 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 07:17 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