Houston panchang, 23 April 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 19:55 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 19:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:16
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:36 – 18:14
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:52 to 06:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:48
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 18:26
- Karana Bava until 18:48, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:48 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:14
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. 05:19 – 06:03
- 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
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:25 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 18:14 | Good |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:24 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:21 Pisces
- 06:21 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 09:50 Taurus
- 09:50 – 12:05 Gemini
- 12:05 – 14:26 Cancer
- 14:26 – 16:45 Leo
- 16:45 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 21:23 Libra
- 21:23 – 23:42 Scorpio
- 23:42 – 01:46 next day Sagittarius
- 01:46 – 03:27 next day Capricorn
- 03:27 – 04:53 next day Aquarius
- 04:53 – 06:17 next day Pisces
- 06:17 – 06:45 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