Houston panchang, 12 April 2024
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 09:42 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 19:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:47
- Durmuhurta 13:47 – 14:39
- Yamaganda 16:34 – 18:10
- 14:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:42 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
19:46 to 06:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:46 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:34 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 14:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:42
- Karana Bava until 14:02, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:42 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:47 – 14:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:10
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. 05:28 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:46 – 22:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:20 – 06:57 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:34 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:58 – 08:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:33 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:40 Aquarius
- 05:40 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 08:38 Aries
- 08:38 – 10:33 Taurus
- 10:33 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 17:28 Leo
- 17:28 – 19:45 Virgo
- 19:45 – 22:06 Libra
- 22:06 – 00:25 next day Scorpio
- 00:25 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:36 next day Aquarius
- 05:36 – 06:57 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