Houston panchang, 3 May 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 03:47 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 19:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:38 – 18:18
- 12:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:59 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 06:08 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:54
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:36 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 00:33 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:54, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 06:08 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:11 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:33 – 21:06 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. 05:12 – 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 19:59 – 22:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:54 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:37 – 08:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:17 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:38 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:37 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:17 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:42 Pisces
- 05:42 – 07:16 Aries
- 07:16 – 09:11 Taurus
- 09:11 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:47 Cancer
- 13:47 – 16:05 Leo
- 16:05 – 18:23 Virgo
- 18:23 – 20:43 Libra
- 20:43 – 23:03 Scorpio
- 23:03 – 01:06 next day Sagittarius
- 01:06 – 02:48 next day Capricorn
- 02:48 – 04:14 next day Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:38 next day Pisces
- 05:38 – 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