Houston panchang, 4 April 2024
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 04:34 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 19:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:07 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:10
- 09:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:25 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:41 to 07:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:25
- Karana Bava until 16:25, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:42 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:10
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. 05:36 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:41 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:07 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:06 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:15 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:06 next day | Good |
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
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 06:12 Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:36 Pisces
- 07:36 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:05 Taurus
- 11:05 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 17:59 Leo
- 17:59 – 20:17 Virgo
- 20:17 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 00:57 next day Scorpio
- 00:57 – 03:00 next day Sagittarius
- 03:00 – 04:42 next day Capricorn
- 04:42 – 06:08 next day Aquarius
- 06:08 – 07:06 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