Houston panchang, 17 April 2027
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 16:52 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:34
- 10:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:48 to 06:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:22 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 21:12
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 19:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:54
- Karana Bava until 10:04, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:22 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:34
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:36 – 06:52 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. 05:25 – 06:09
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:30 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:06 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:29 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:47 Pisces
- 06:47 – 08:22 Aries
- 08:22 – 10:17 Taurus
- 10:17 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 14:53 Cancer
- 14:53 – 17:11 Leo
- 17:11 – 19:29 Virgo
- 19:29 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:12 next day Sagittarius
- 02:12 – 03:54 next day Capricorn
- 03:54 – 05:20 next day Aquarius
- 05:20 – 06:44 next day Pisces
- 06:44 – 06:52 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