Houston panchang, 6 January 2027
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 06:35 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 13:44
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:44 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:35 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:04 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 02:56 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 11:44
- Nakshatra Mula until 18:38 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 02:56 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 11:44, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:44 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:04 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 02:56 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:56 – 06:32 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. 05:29 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:27 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:35 Capricorn
- 09:35 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 13:59 Aries
- 13:59 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:09 Gemini
- 18:09 – 20:30 Cancer
- 20:30 – 22:48 Leo
- 22:48 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 03:27 next day Libra
- 03:27 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:18 next day Sagittarius
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method