Houston panchang, 7 January 2027
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 07:21 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 17:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:10
- Durmuhurta 10:44 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:33
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:24 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:36 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:29 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:24
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 21:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:52 next day
- Karana Naga until 14:24, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:24 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:29 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:44 – 11:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:33
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 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 14:24
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Char | 11:10 – 12:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:27 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:36 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:27 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:46 Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 10:57 Aquarius
- 10:57 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 13:55 Aries
- 13:55 – 15:50 Taurus
- 15:50 – 18:05 Gemini
- 18:05 – 20:26 Cancer
- 20:26 – 22:44 Leo
- 22:44 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 03:23 next day Libra
- 03:23 – 05:42 next day Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:19 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