Houston panchang, 17 January 2027
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 12:50 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 17:44
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:51 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:44 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:57
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 22:03
- Karana Taitila until 12:02, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:51 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 17:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:18 – 11:12
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 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:13 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 08:51 Capricorn
- 08:51 – 10:18 Aquarius
- 10:18 – 11:41 Pisces
- 11:41 – 13:16 Aries
- 13:16 – 15:11 Taurus
- 15:11 – 17:25 Gemini
- 17:25 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 22:05 Leo
- 22:05 – 00:23 next day Virgo
- 00:23 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 05:02 next day Scorpio
- 05:02 – 07:06 next day Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 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