Houston panchang, 28 March 2027
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 01:15 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 19:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:31 – 18:04
- Durmuhurta 17:57 – 18:47
- Rahu Kalam 18:04 – 19:36
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:02 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:36 to 07:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 06:41 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:37
- Karana Vishti until 17:34, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:02 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:12 – 19:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:57 – 18:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:04 – 19:36
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:16 – 14:02
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. 05:43 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:02 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 14:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:02 – 07:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:02 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:49 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:48 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 06:42 Aquarius
- 06:42 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 09:40 Aries
- 09:40 – 11:35 Taurus
- 11:35 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 16:11 Cancer
- 16:11 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 20:47 Virgo
- 20:47 – 23:08 Libra
- 23:08 – 01:27 next day Scorpio
- 01:27 – 03:31 next day Sagittarius
- 03:31 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:38 next day Aquarius
- 06:38 – 07:15 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