Houston panchang, 21 April 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 18:05 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 19:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:35 – 18:13
- Durmuhurta 18:07 – 18:59
- Rahu Kalam 18:13 – 19:51
- 14:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
19:51 to 06:47 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:51 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:41
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:29 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:13
- Karana Taitila until 14:41, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:07 – 18:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:13 – 19:51
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. 05:21 – 06:05
- 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 19:51 – 22:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:48 – 06:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 06:47 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:48 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:26 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:25 – 06:47 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
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:29 Pisces
- 06:29 – 08:03 Aries
- 08:03 – 09:58 Taurus
- 09:58 – 12:13 Gemini
- 12:13 – 14:34 Cancer
- 14:34 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 19:10 Virgo
- 19:10 – 21:31 Libra
- 21:31 – 23:50 Scorpio
- 23:50 – 01:53 next day Sagittarius
- 01:53 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:25 next day Pisces
- 06:25 – 06:47 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