Houston panchang, 30 December 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 07:18 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 17:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 11:07 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:28
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:31 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:26
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:02
- Karana Naga until 16:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:28
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:27 – 07:17 next day
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. 05:27 – 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 17:31 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:50 – 11:07 | Good |
| Rog | 11:07 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:24 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:31 | Good |
| Char | 17:31 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:24 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:07 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 07:17 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:00 Capricorn
- 10:00 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 12:50 Pisces
- 12:50 – 14:24 Aries
- 14:24 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
- 06:11 – 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