Houston panchang, 8 January 2027
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 08:01 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:10 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:20
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:37 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 17:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:46 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 04:45 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:04, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:45 – 05:57 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 – 06:24
- 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 17:37 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 17:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:46 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:10 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:28 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:37 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:28 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 10:53 Aquarius
- 10:53 – 12:17 Pisces
- 12:17 – 13:51 Aries
- 13:51 – 15:46 Taurus
- 15:46 – 18:01 Gemini
- 18:01 – 20:22 Cancer
- 20:22 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:19 next day Libra
- 03:19 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 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