Houston panchang, 28 April 2024
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 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
06:42 to 19:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:37 – 18:16
- Durmuhurta 18:10 – 19:02
- Rahu Kalam 18:16 – 19:55
- 09:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:55 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:55 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:27 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:27
- Nakshatra Mula until 18:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 15:35
- Karana Kaulava until 09:43, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:27 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:10 – 19:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:16 – 19:55
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. 05:15 – 05:59
- 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 19:55 – 22:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 18:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 18:18
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:21 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:20 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 07:35 Aries
- 07:35 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:43 Virgo
- 18:43 – 21:03 Libra
- 21:03 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:26 next day Sagittarius
- 01:26 – 03:07 next day Capricorn
- 03:07 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 05:57 next day Pisces
- 05:57 – 06:41 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