Houston panchang, 19 May 2027
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 19:51 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 20:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 15:00
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:08 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:59 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:59 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:51 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 12:30
- Karana Vishti until 17:42, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:59 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:30 – 00:13 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:00
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. 05:04 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:08 – 22:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:51 – 06:26 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:51 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:26 – 20:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:16 Aries
- 06:16 – 08:11 Taurus
- 08:11 – 10:26 Gemini
- 10:26 – 12:47 Cancer
- 12:47 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:06 next day Sagittarius
- 00:06 – 01:48 next day Capricorn
- 01:48 – 03:14 next day Aquarius
- 03:14 – 04:38 next day Pisces
- 04:38 – 06:12 next day Aries
- 06:12 – 06:26 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