Houston panchang, 2 May 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 03:11 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 19:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:05 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:18
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:58 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 15:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 06:48
- Karana Gara until 15:23, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:05 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:18
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:11 – 12:54 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:02 – 11:58
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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:23 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:18 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Char | 11:38 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:18 – 22:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:38 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:46 Pisces
- 05:46 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 13:51 Cancer
- 13:51 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 18:27 Virgo
- 18:27 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:10 next day Sagittarius
- 01:10 – 02:52 next day Capricorn
- 02:52 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:42 next day Pisces
- 05:42 – 06:37 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