Houston panchang, 20 April 2027
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 19:59 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 19:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:18
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:12
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
19:50 to 06:49 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:50 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:40 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 17:27
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 07:17
- Karana Bava until 17:27, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:40 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:17 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:12
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. 05:22 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:50 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Char | 10:05 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:12 | Good |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:04 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:27 – 06:49 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
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:36 Pisces
- 06:36 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:41 Cancer
- 14:41 – 17:00 Leo
- 17:00 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:57 Scorpio
- 23:57 – 02:00 next day Sagittarius
- 02:00 – 03:42 next day Capricorn
- 03:42 – 05:08 next day Aquarius
- 05:08 – 06:32 next day Pisces
- 06:32 – 06:49 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