Houston panchang, 8 May 2027
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 08:06 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 20:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:22
- Rahu Kalam 09:56 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:40
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
20:01 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:33
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:07
- Karana Taitila until 11:54, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:40
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. 05:10 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:01 – 22:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:34 – 11:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 11:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:23 – 06:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:33 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:15 – 09:56 | Good |
| Rog | 09:56 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:37 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:20 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:25 Pisces
- 05:25 – 06:59 Aries
- 06:59 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 15:49 Leo
- 15:49 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:46 Scorpio
- 22:46 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 03:57 next day Aquarius
- 03:57 – 05:21 next day Pisces
- 05:21 – 06:33 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