Houston panchang, 28 April 2027
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 02:07 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 19:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:58
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:55 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:55 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:31 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 07:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
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. 05:16 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:55 – 22:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 07:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:04 Pisces
- 06:04 – 07:38 Aries
- 07:38 – 09:33 Taurus
- 09:33 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 14:10 Cancer
- 14:10 – 16:28 Leo
- 16:28 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 21:06 Libra
- 21:06 – 23:25 Scorpio
- 23:25 – 01:29 next day Sagittarius
- 01:29 – 03:10 next day Capricorn
- 03:10 – 04:37 next day Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:00 next day Pisces
- 06:00 – 06:41 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