Houston panchang, 17 March 2027
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 14:36 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:30 to 19:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta 13:06 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 15:00
- 13:03 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
19:29 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:53 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:51
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 18:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:17
- Karana Gara until 17:51, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:03 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:06 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:17 – 21:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:37 – 15:21 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. 05:53 – 06:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:06 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:29 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:30 – 18:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 05:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:28 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
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:53 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 07:26 Aquarius
- 07:26 – 08:49 Pisces
- 08:49 – 10:24 Aries
- 10:24 – 12:19 Taurus
- 12:19 – 14:33 Gemini
- 14:33 – 16:55 Cancer
- 16:55 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 21:31 Virgo
- 21:31 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:14 next day Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 05:55 next day Capricorn
- 05:55 – 07:22 next day Aquarius
- 07:22 – 07:28 next day Pisces
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method