Houston panchang, 8 April 2024
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 06:57 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 19:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:13
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:48
- Durmuhurta 13:48 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:11
- 07:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:43 to 07:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:02 Moon enters Aries
- 23:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:20
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 07:43
- Karana Naga until 13:20, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:02 Moon enters Aries
- 23:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:43 – 03:48 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:48 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:48 – 05:00 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. 05:32 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 21:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:43 | Good |
| Char | 19:43 – 21:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:37 – 07:01 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:56 Aquarius
- 05:56 – 07:20 Pisces
- 07:20 – 08:54 Aries
- 08:54 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 13:04 Gemini
- 13:04 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 20:01 Virgo
- 20:01 – 22:22 Libra
- 22:22 – 00:41 next day Scorpio
- 00:41 – 02:45 next day Sagittarius
- 02:45 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 05:52 next day Aquarius
- 05:52 – 07:01 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