Houston panchang, 10 April 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 08:10 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 19:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:58
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:44 to 06:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:10 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:02
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:35 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 20:48
- Karana Kaulava until 07:02, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:48 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:10 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:58
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 16:35
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. 05:30 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:44 – 21:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:00 – 07:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:35 – 06:59 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:35 – 06:59 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:35 – 06:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 06:59 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:48 Aquarius
- 05:48 – 07:12 Pisces
- 07:12 – 08:46 Aries
- 08:46 – 10:41 Taurus
- 10:41 – 12:56 Gemini
- 12:56 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 17:36 Leo
- 17:36 – 19:53 Virgo
- 19:53 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:33 next day Scorpio
- 00:33 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:18 next day Capricorn
- 04:18 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 06:59 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