Houston panchang, 1 May 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 02:31 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 19:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:38 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:58
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:57 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:02 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:31
- Nakshatra Shravana until 16:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 09:31
- Karana Kaulava until 17:31, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:02 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 16:40 – 06:38 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. 05:13 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:39 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:38 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:33 Gemini
- 11:33 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:31 Virgo
- 18:31 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:14 next day Sagittarius
- 01:14 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:46 next day Pisces
- 05:46 – 06:38 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