Houston panchang, 31 December 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 08:11 Pausha 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 09:51 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 12:24 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:15
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 15:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:31 to 07:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 15:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:29
- Karana Bava until 15:52, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 15:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:29 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:33 – 07:18 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) 12:04 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:34 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Char | 09:51 – 11:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:08 – 12:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:24 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:15 | Good |
| Rog | 16:15 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:31 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:15 – 20:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:58 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:24 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:08 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:15 Sagittarius
- 08:15 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:22 Aquarius
- 11:22 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:15 Taurus
- 16:15 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 23:10 Leo
- 23:10 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 07:18 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