Houston panchang, 24 March 2027
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 22:15 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 19:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:59
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 14:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:34 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 02:08 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:02
- Karana Vanija until 14:21, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 14:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:59
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. 05:47 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:34 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:55 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:20 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
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 06:58 Aquarius
- 06:58 – 08:22 Pisces
- 08:22 – 09:56 Aries
- 09:56 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 18:46 Leo
- 18:46 – 21:03 Virgo
- 21:03 – 23:24 Libra
- 23:24 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:47 next day Sagittarius
- 03:47 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:54 next day Aquarius
- 06:54 – 07:20 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