Houston panchang, 25 April 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 21:54 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 19:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:44 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:16
- 08:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
19:54 to 06:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:16
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:53 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:22
- Karana Taitila until 08:50, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:08 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:16
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 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:54 – 22:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:53 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:44 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:23 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:15 – 19:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:15 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:01 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:22 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:13 Pisces
- 06:13 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 11:57 Gemini
- 11:57 – 14:18 Cancer
- 14:18 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 18:54 Virgo
- 18:54 – 21:15 Libra
- 21:15 – 23:34 Scorpio
- 23:34 – 01:38 next day Sagittarius
- 01:38 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:09 next day Pisces
- 06:09 – 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