Houston panchang, 24 April 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 20:53 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 19:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:58
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
19:53 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:53 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:16 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:16
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:34
- Karana Balava until 07:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:34 – 18:22 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. 05:18 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:53 – 22:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:16 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 06:44 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:17 Pisces
- 06:17 – 07:51 Aries
- 07:51 – 09:46 Taurus
- 09:46 – 12:01 Gemini
- 12:01 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 16:41 Leo
- 16:41 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:19 Libra
- 21:19 – 23:38 Scorpio
- 23:38 – 01:42 next day Sagittarius
- 01:42 – 03:23 next day Capricorn
- 03:23 – 04:49 next day Aquarius
- 04:49 – 06:13 next day Pisces
- 06:13 – 06:44 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