Houston panchang, 8 April 2027
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 07:46 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 19:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:11
- 07:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 16:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
19:43 to 07:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:40
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 16:55
- Karana Kaulava until 16:40, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 16:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:11
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 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 21:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:03 – 07:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 07:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:08 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:02 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
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:23 Pisces
- 07:23 – 08:57 Aries
- 08:57 – 10:52 Taurus
- 10:52 – 13:07 Gemini
- 13:07 – 15:28 Cancer
- 15:28 – 17:47 Leo
- 17:47 – 20:04 Virgo
- 20:04 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:44 next day Scorpio
- 00:44 – 02:48 next day Sagittarius
- 02:48 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
- 05:55 – 07:02 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