Houston panchang, 17 May 2027
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 17:48 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 20:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:23
- 13:03 Moon enters Libra
- 14:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:07 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:34 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 01:13 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:40
- Karana Kaulava until 17:43, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:03 Moon enters Libra
- 14:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:40 – 13:25 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:23
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:28 – 01:13 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. 05:05 – 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 20:07 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:13 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:25 – 20:07 | Good |
| Char | 20:07 – 21:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:24 Aries
- 06:24 – 08:19 Taurus
- 08:19 – 10:34 Gemini
- 10:34 – 12:55 Cancer
- 12:55 – 15:13 Leo
- 15:13 – 17:31 Virgo
- 17:31 – 19:51 Libra
- 19:51 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 01:56 next day Capricorn
- 01:56 – 03:22 next day Aquarius
- 03:22 – 04:46 next day Pisces
- 04:46 – 06:20 next day Aries
- 06:20 – 06:27 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