Houston panchang, 15 April 2024
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 12:34 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 19:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 10:08
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Durmuhurta 13:47 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:13
- 10:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
19:47 to 06:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:47 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:54 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 12:38
- Karana Vishti until 14:13, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:08 – 14:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:47 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:13
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. 05:26 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:35 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:47 | Good |
| Char | 19:47 – 21:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:44 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:30 – 06:54 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
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 05:29 Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:52 Pisces
- 06:52 – 08:27 Aries
- 08:27 – 10:22 Taurus
- 10:22 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 14:58 Cancer
- 14:58 – 17:16 Leo
- 17:16 – 19:34 Virgo
- 19:34 – 21:54 Libra
- 21:54 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:17 next day Sagittarius
- 02:17 – 03:58 next day Capricorn
- 03:58 – 05:25 next day Aquarius
- 05:25 – 06:48 next day Pisces
- 06:48 – 06:54 next day Aries
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