Houston panchang, 8 March 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 06:39 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 14:00 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:03
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:10 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:24 to 06:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:11 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 15:13
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:54, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:10 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:03
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. 05:02 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:32 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:24 | Good |
| Char | 18:24 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:35 Capricorn
- 05:35 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 08:25 Pisces
- 08:25 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 11:54 Taurus
- 11:54 – 14:09 Gemini
- 14:09 – 16:30 Cancer
- 16:30 – 18:49 Leo
- 18:49 – 21:06 Virgo
- 21:06 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:46 next day Scorpio
- 01:46 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:39 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