Houston panchang, 7 April 2024
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 06:23 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 19:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:48
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:33 – 18:08
- Durmuhurta 18:01 – 18:52
- Rahu Kalam 18:08 – 19:42
- 11:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:42 to 07:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 16:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 23:42 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 11:46
- Karana Shakuni until 16:51, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:01 – 18:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:08 – 19:42
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. 05:33 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:42 – 21:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:04 – 23:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:04 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:39 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:48 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:03 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
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 06:00 Aquarius
- 06:00 – 07:24 Pisces
- 07:24 – 08:58 Aries
- 08:58 – 10:53 Taurus
- 10:53 – 13:08 Gemini
- 13:08 – 15:29 Cancer
- 15:29 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 22:26 Libra
- 22:26 – 00:45 next day Scorpio
- 00:45 – 02:49 next day Sagittarius
- 02:49 – 04:30 next day Capricorn
- 04:30 – 05:56 next day Aquarius
- 05:56 – 07:03 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