Houston panchang, 7 April 2027
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 07:10 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 19:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:58
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:55 Moon enters Aries
- 17:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:06 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
19:42 to 07:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 17:59
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 19:06
- Karana Bava until 17:59, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:55 Moon enters Aries
- 17:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:06 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:56 – 19:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:06 – 20:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:05 – 07:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:55 – 07:03 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. 05:33 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:42 – 21:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:59 – 07:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:03 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 06:03 Aquarius
- 06:03 – 07:27 Pisces
- 07:27 – 09:01 Aries
- 09:01 – 10:56 Taurus
- 10:56 – 13:11 Gemini
- 13:11 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 17:51 Leo
- 17:51 – 20:08 Virgo
- 20:08 – 22:29 Libra
- 22:29 – 00:48 next day Scorpio
- 00:48 – 02:52 next day Sagittarius
- 02:52 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 05:59 next day Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:03 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