Houston panchang, 12 April 2027
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 11:19 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 19:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:48
- Durmuhurta 13:48 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:12
- 09:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:45 to 06:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:45 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:05
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:43 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:29 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:05, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:18 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:48 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:12
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. 05:29 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:45 | Good |
| Char | 19:45 – 21:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 06:58 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:43 Aquarius
- 05:43 – 07:07 Pisces
- 07:07 – 08:41 Aries
- 08:41 – 10:36 Taurus
- 10:36 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:31 Leo
- 17:31 – 19:48 Virgo
- 19:48 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:28 next day Scorpio
- 00:28 – 02:32 next day Sagittarius
- 02:32 – 04:13 next day Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
- 05:39 – 06:58 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