Houston panchang, 21 March 2027
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 19:06 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 19:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:30 – 18:01
- Durmuhurta 17:55 – 18:43
- Rahu Kalam 18:01 – 19:32
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:14 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:32 to 07:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:52
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 03:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:52, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:14 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:28 – 08:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:52 – 17:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:55 – 18:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:01 – 19:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 13:28 – 15:25
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. 05:50 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:25 – 11:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:37 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:25 – 08:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:56 – 10:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:27 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:24 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
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:50 – 07:10 Aquarius
- 07:10 – 08:34 Pisces
- 08:34 – 10:08 Aries
- 10:08 – 12:03 Taurus
- 12:03 – 14:18 Gemini
- 14:18 – 16:39 Cancer
- 16:39 – 18:57 Leo
- 18:57 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:36 Libra
- 23:36 – 01:55 next day Scorpio
- 01:55 – 03:58 next day Sagittarius
- 03:58 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 07:06 next day Aquarius
- 07:06 – 07:24 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