Houston panchang, 18 January 2027
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 13:41 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 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:40
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 09:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:45 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:20
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 18:43
- Karana Vanija until 09:43, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 09:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:40
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 09:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:35 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:17 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 08:47 Capricorn
- 08:47 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:12 Aries
- 13:12 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:43 Cancer
- 19:43 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 00:19 next day Virgo
- 00:19 – 02:39 next day Libra
- 02:39 – 04:58 next day Scorpio
- 04:58 – 07:02 next day Sagittarius
- 07:02 – 07:17 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