Houston panchang, 29 December 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 06:20 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam 16:13 – 17:30
- 10:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:52 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:32 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:30 to 07:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 16:32
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 10:11
- Karana Shakuni until 16:32, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:52 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:32 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:30
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 11:52
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 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:52 – 07:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:52 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:33 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:07 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:30 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:13 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:24 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:07 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:34 – 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
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:04 Capricorn
- 10:04 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:38 Gemini
- 18:38 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 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