Houston panchang, 6 April 2024
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 05:49 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 19:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:49
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:33
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:49 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
19:42 to 07:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:09 Moon enters Pisces
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 06:38 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 20:24
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:28 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 15:49
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:49 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:09 Moon enters Pisces
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 06:38 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:24 – 21:09
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:09 – 06:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:53 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:58 – 12:49
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. 05:34 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:42 – 21:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:24 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 18:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:13 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:04 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
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 06:04 Aquarius
- 06:04 – 07:28 Pisces
- 07:28 – 09:02 Aries
- 09:02 – 10:57 Taurus
- 10:57 – 13:12 Gemini
- 13:12 – 15:33 Cancer
- 15:33 – 17:52 Leo
- 17:52 – 20:09 Virgo
- 20:09 – 22:30 Libra
- 22:30 – 00:49 next day Scorpio
- 00:49 – 02:52 next day Sagittarius
- 02:52 – 04:34 next day Capricorn
- 04:34 – 06:00 next day Aquarius
- 06:00 – 07:04 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