Houston panchang, 19 April 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 16:20 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 19:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:18
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:35 – 18:12
- 09:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:14 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
19:50 to 06:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:50 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:35
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 15:14
- Karana Vishti until 09:35, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:14 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:17 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:12
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. 05:22 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:50 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 03:34 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:51 – 03:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:51 – 09:35
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:51 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 06:49 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
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:37 Pisces
- 06:37 – 08:11 Aries
- 08:11 – 10:06 Taurus
- 10:06 – 12:21 Gemini
- 12:21 – 14:42 Cancer
- 14:42 – 17:00 Leo
- 17:00 – 19:18 Virgo
- 19:18 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:58 Scorpio
- 23:58 – 02:01 next day Sagittarius
- 02:01 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:33 next day Pisces
- 06:33 – 06:49 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