Houston panchang, 6 May 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 05:26 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 20:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:56
- Yamaganda 11:37 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:19
- 07:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:13 Moon enters Aries
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
20:01 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:11 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:13 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 13:58
- Karana Vishti until 14:40, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:13 Moon enters Aries
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:10 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:19
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. 05:10 – 05:53
- 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 20:01 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 20:01 | Good |
| Char | 20:01 – 21:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:20 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 06:34 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:30 Pisces
- 05:30 – 07:04 Aries
- 07:04 – 08:59 Taurus
- 08:59 – 11:14 Gemini
- 11:14 – 13:35 Cancer
- 13:35 – 15:54 Leo
- 15:54 – 18:11 Virgo
- 18:11 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 22:51 Scorpio
- 22:51 – 00:55 next day Sagittarius
- 00:55 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:02 next day Aquarius
- 04:02 – 05:26 next day Pisces
- 05:26 – 06:34 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