Houston panchang, 4 May 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 04:20 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 07:30 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam 09:57 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:39
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
19:59 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 10:09
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:06
- Karana Balava until 10:09, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:30 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 22:18
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. 05:11 – 05:54
- 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 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:17 – 09:57 | Good |
| Rog | 09:57 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:38 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 19:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:19 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:37 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:38 Pisces
- 05:38 – 07:12 Aries
- 07:12 – 09:07 Taurus
- 09:07 – 11:22 Gemini
- 11:22 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 16:01 Leo
- 16:01 – 18:19 Virgo
- 18:19 – 20:40 Libra
- 20:40 – 22:59 Scorpio
- 22:59 – 01:02 next day Sagittarius
- 01:02 – 02:44 next day Capricorn
- 02:44 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:34 next day Pisces
- 05:34 – 06:36 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