Houston panchang, 16 May 2027
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 16:47 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 20:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam 16:42 – 18:24
- Durmuhurta 18:17 – 19:12
- Rahu Kalam 18:24 – 20:06
- 06:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:12 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:06 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:43
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:59 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 16:12
- Karana Vishti until 06:43, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:12 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:17 – 19:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:24 – 20:06
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. 05:06 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:06 – 22:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:29 – 00:59 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 00:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:11 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:28 Aries
- 06:28 – 08:23 Taurus
- 08:23 – 10:38 Gemini
- 10:38 – 12:59 Cancer
- 12:59 – 15:17 Leo
- 15:17 – 17:35 Virgo
- 17:35 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:15 Scorpio
- 22:15 – 00:18 next day Sagittarius
- 00:18 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:26 next day Aquarius
- 03:26 – 04:50 next day Pisces
- 04:50 – 06:24 next day Aries
- 06:24 – 06:28 next day Taurus
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