Houston panchang, 16 August 2027
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 19:46 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 20:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 10:08
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:22
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
20:00 to 06:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:34 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:28 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 13:15, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:34 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:22
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. 05:24 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 13:04
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 13:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:29 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 20:00 | Good |
| Char | 20:00 – 21:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:08 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:29 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:57 Cancer
- 06:57 – 09:16 Leo
- 09:16 – 11:33 Virgo
- 11:33 – 13:54 Libra
- 13:54 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:16 Sagittarius
- 18:16 – 19:58 Capricorn
- 19:58 – 21:24 Aquarius
- 21:24 – 22:48 Pisces
- 22:48 – 00:22 next day Aries
- 00:22 – 02:17 next day Taurus
- 02:17 – 04:32 next day Gemini
- 04:32 – 06:51 next day Cancer
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