Houston panchang, 18 March 2027
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 15:46 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 19:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:06
- 15:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
19:30 to 07:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:52 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 15:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:51 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:04
- Karana Vishti until 15:21, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:37 – 15:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:06
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 – 06:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:05 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:28 – 16:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 16:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:28 – 16:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:30 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:00 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:27 next day | Good |
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
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:53 – 05:55 Capricorn
- 05:55 – 07:22 Aquarius
- 07:22 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 10:20 Aries
- 10:20 – 12:15 Taurus
- 12:15 – 14:30 Gemini
- 14:30 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 19:09 Leo
- 19:09 – 21:27 Virgo
- 21:27 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 05:52 next day Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:18 next day Aquarius
- 07:18 – 07:27 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