Houston panchang, 26 April 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 22:56 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:36 – 18:15
- 09:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:09 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
19:54 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:48 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 17:49
- Karana Vanija until 09:36, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:09 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:48 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:15
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:49 – 05:21 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:09 – 06:43 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. 05:17 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:54 – 22:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:22 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:22 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 18:50 Virgo
- 18:50 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:30 Scorpio
- 23:30 – 01:34 next day Sagittarius
- 01:34 – 03:15 next day Capricorn
- 03:15 – 04:41 next day Aquarius
- 04:41 – 06:05 next day Pisces
- 06:05 – 06:43 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