Houston panchang, 23 April 2027
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 23:02 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 19:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:36 – 18:14
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:52 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:28 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 06:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:51
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 03:28 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:51, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:28 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 06:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:14
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:28 – 15:34 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 20:27 – 06:46 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. 05:20 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:52 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:47 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:24 Pisces
- 06:24 – 07:58 Aries
- 07:58 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 12:08 Gemini
- 12:08 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:48 Leo
- 16:48 – 19:05 Virgo
- 19:05 – 21:26 Libra
- 21:26 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 01:49 next day Sagittarius
- 01:49 – 03:30 next day Capricorn
- 03:30 – 04:56 next day Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:20 next day Pisces
- 06:20 – 06:46 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