Houston panchang, 1 April 2024
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 02:02 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 19:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:44 – 10:18
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:50
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:09
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:39 to 07:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 10:40
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 09:59
- Karana Bava until 10:40, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:59 – 21:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:42 – 07:10 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. 05:38 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 12:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:39 | Good |
| Char | 19:39 – 21:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:43 – 07:10 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
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 06:24 Aquarius
- 06:24 – 07:47 Pisces
- 07:47 – 09:22 Aries
- 09:22 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 18:11 Leo
- 18:11 – 20:29 Virgo
- 20:29 – 22:49 Libra
- 22:49 – 01:08 next day Scorpio
- 01:08 – 03:12 next day Sagittarius
- 03:12 – 04:53 next day Capricorn
- 04:53 – 06:20 next day Aquarius
- 06:20 – 07:10 next day Pisces
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method