Houston panchang, 3 March 2027
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 03:58 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:33 – 14:00
- 11:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:50 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:20 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 19:54
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:36
- Karana Balava until 19:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:50 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:37 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:00
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. 05:06 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:54 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:33 | Good |
| Rog | 12:33 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:33 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:54 Capricorn
- 05:54 – 07:21 Aquarius
- 07:21 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:19 Aries
- 10:19 – 12:14 Taurus
- 12:14 – 14:29 Gemini
- 14:29 – 16:50 Cancer
- 16:50 – 19:08 Leo
- 19:08 – 21:26 Virgo
- 21:26 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 02:05 next day Scorpio
- 02:05 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 05:50 next day Capricorn
- 05:50 – 06:45 next day Aquarius
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