Houston panchang, 2 April 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 02:59 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 19:39- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:30
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 18:06
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
19:39 to 07:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:39 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 09:39
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 08:05
- Karana Kaulava until 09:39, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:39 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:18 – 07:08 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. 05:37 – 06:23
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:10 – 09:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:51 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:06 | Good |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:39 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:08 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
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 07:43 Pisces
- 07:43 – 09:18 Aries
- 09:18 – 11:13 Taurus
- 11:13 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:49 Cancer
- 15:49 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 20:25 Virgo
- 20:25 – 22:45 Libra
- 22:45 – 01:04 next day Scorpio
- 01:04 – 03:08 next day Sagittarius
- 03:08 – 04:50 next day Capricorn
- 04:50 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
- 06:16 – 07:08 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