Houston panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 14:31 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:58
- 13:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:50 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:49 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:49 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:26 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:02 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 13:20
- Karana Taitila until 17:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:26 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:46
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:20 – 15:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:58
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. 05:24 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 22:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:44 Pisces
- 06:44 – 08:19 Aries
- 08:19 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:29 Gemini
- 12:29 – 14:50 Cancer
- 14:50 – 17:08 Leo
- 17:08 – 19:26 Virgo
- 19:26 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:09 next day Sagittarius
- 02:09 – 03:51 next day Capricorn
- 03:51 – 05:17 next day Aquarius
- 05:17 – 06:41 next day Pisces
- 06:41 – 06:52 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