Houston panchang, 4 April 2027
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 05:40 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 19:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:49
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:32 – 18:06
- Durmuhurta 18:00 – 18:50
- Rahu Kalam 18:06 – 19:40
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:40 to 07:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:02 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 07:07 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:17 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 23:17
- Karana Vanija until 18:53, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:02 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 07:07 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:00 – 18:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:06 – 19:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:53 – 01:02 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:02 – 07:07 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. 05:36 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:40 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:08 – 08:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:42 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:50 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:07 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
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 06:15 Aquarius
- 06:15 – 07:39 Pisces
- 07:39 – 09:13 Aries
- 09:13 – 11:08 Taurus
- 11:08 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:44 Cancer
- 15:44 – 18:02 Leo
- 18:02 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 22:41 Libra
- 22:41 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:03 next day Sagittarius
- 03:03 – 04:45 next day Capricorn
- 04:45 – 06:11 next day Aquarius
- 06:11 – 07:07 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