Houston panchang, 16 January 2027
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 12:08 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:07
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:44 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:57 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 00:53 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:10 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:10 – 23:10
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) 12:10 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 00:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:08 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:13 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Char | 12:31 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:44 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:18 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 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 08:55 Capricorn
- 08:55 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:14 Taurus
- 15:14 – 17:29 Gemini
- 17:29 – 19:51 Cancer
- 19:51 – 22:09 Leo
- 22:09 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 05:06 next day Scorpio
- 05:06 – 07:10 next day Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 07:18 next day Capricorn
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