Houston panchang, 3 April 2024
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 03:49 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 19:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 12:59 – 13:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:58
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:40 to 07:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 02:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:59, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:59 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:58
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 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:40 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:07 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 06:16 Aquarius
- 06:16 – 07:40 Pisces
- 07:40 – 09:14 Aries
- 09:14 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:45 Cancer
- 15:45 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:21 Virgo
- 20:21 – 22:41 Libra
- 22:41 – 01:01 next day Scorpio
- 01:01 – 03:04 next day Sagittarius
- 03:04 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 06:12 next day Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:07 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