Houston panchang, 30 April 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 01:46 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 19:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:17
- 07:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:57 to 06:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 17:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:53
- Karana Vishti until 07:59, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:17
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 17:39
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. 05:14 – 05:57
- 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 19:57 – 22:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 17:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:16 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:17 | Good |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:58 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:19 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:53 Pisces
- 05:53 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:23 Taurus
- 09:23 – 11:37 Gemini
- 11:37 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 18:35 Virgo
- 18:35 – 20:55 Libra
- 20:55 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:18 next day Sagittarius
- 01:18 – 02:59 next day Capricorn
- 02:59 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:49 next day Pisces
- 05:49 – 06:39 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