Houston panchang, 13 April 2024
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 10:36 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 19:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:57 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:47
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:34
- 13:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:19 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
19:46 to 06:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:46 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 01:14 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 14:03
- Karana Kaulava until 13:18, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:19 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:45
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:03 – 16:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:34
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. 05:27 – 06:12
- 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 06:57 – 10:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:19 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:09 | Good |
| Rog | 10:09 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:10 – 19:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:45 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:32 – 06:56 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
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 05:36 Aquarius
- 05:36 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 08:34 Aries
- 08:34 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 15:06 Cancer
- 15:06 – 17:24 Leo
- 17:24 – 19:42 Virgo
- 19:42 – 22:02 Libra
- 22:02 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:25 next day Sagittarius
- 02:25 – 04:06 next day Capricorn
- 04:06 – 05:33 next day Aquarius
- 05:33 – 06:56 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