Houston panchang, 16 April 2027
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 15:49 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Durmuhurta 13:47 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:34 – 18:11
- 11:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
19:48 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:58 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 22:58
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:38 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:28
- Karana Vanija until 11:54, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:58 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:54 – 22:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:47 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:54 – 20:38
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:56 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:57 – 09:55
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. 05:25 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 22:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:54 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:54 – 22:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:38 – 06:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:38 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 10:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:08 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:30 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 05:28 Aquarius
- 05:28 – 06:51 Pisces
- 06:51 – 08:26 Aries
- 08:26 – 10:21 Taurus
- 10:21 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 14:57 Cancer
- 14:57 – 17:15 Leo
- 17:15 – 19:33 Virgo
- 19:33 – 21:53 Libra
- 21:53 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 03:57 next day Capricorn
- 03:57 – 05:24 next day Aquarius
- 05:24 – 06:47 next day Pisces
- 06:47 – 06:53 next day Aries
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