Houston panchang, 16 April 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 13:33 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:20
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:11
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
19:48 to 06:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:44 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 18:45 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 12:46
- Karana Balava until 15:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:44
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:46 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:11
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. 05:25 – 06:09
- 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 19:48 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:45 – 06:53 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:45 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:30 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Char | 10:07 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:11 | Good |
| Rog | 18:11 – 19:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:06 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:30 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:48 Pisces
- 06:48 – 08:23 Aries
- 08:23 – 10:18 Taurus
- 10:18 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 17:12 Leo
- 17:12 – 19:30 Virgo
- 19:30 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:13 next day Sagittarius
- 02:13 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:44 next day Pisces
- 06:44 – 06:53 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