Houston panchang, 22 April 2024
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 18:59 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 19:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:25 – 10:03
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:15
- 09:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
19:52 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:48 Moon enters Libra
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 17:58
- Karana Vanija until 16:56, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:48 Moon enters Libra
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:58 – 19:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:29 – 06:46 next day
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. 05:20 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:52 – 22:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 09:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:25 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:52 | Good |
| Char | 19:52 – 21:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:25 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:25 Pisces
- 06:25 – 07:59 Aries
- 07:59 – 09:54 Taurus
- 09:54 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 19:06 Virgo
- 19:06 – 21:27 Libra
- 21:27 – 23:46 Scorpio
- 23:46 – 01:50 next day Sagittarius
- 01:50 – 03:31 next day Capricorn
- 03:31 – 04:57 next day Aquarius
- 04:57 – 06:21 next day Pisces
- 06:21 – 06:46 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