Houston panchang, 27 January 2027
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 23:46 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:14 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 13:54
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:53 to 07:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:38 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:24
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:26 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 05:28 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:24, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:38 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:54
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:28 – 07:28 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. 05:28 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 12:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:26 – 07:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:24 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:14 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:54 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 07:14 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:31 Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 08:12 Capricorn
- 08:12 – 09:38 Aquarius
- 09:38 – 11:02 Pisces
- 11:02 – 12:36 Aries
- 12:36 – 14:31 Taurus
- 14:31 – 16:46 Gemini
- 16:46 – 19:07 Cancer
- 19:07 – 21:26 Leo
- 21:26 – 23:43 Virgo
- 23:43 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:23 next day Scorpio
- 04:23 – 06:27 next day Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 07:14 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