Houston panchang, 18 August 2027
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 20:42 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 19:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 15:03
- 15:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:58 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:52
- Karana Taitila until 17:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:03
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 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:51 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:49 Cancer
- 06:49 – 09:08 Leo
- 09:08 – 11:25 Virgo
- 11:25 – 13:46 Libra
- 13:46 – 16:05 Scorpio
- 16:05 – 18:09 Sagittarius
- 18:09 – 19:50 Capricorn
- 19:50 – 21:16 Aquarius
- 21:16 – 22:40 Pisces
- 22:40 – 00:14 next day Aries
- 00:14 – 02:09 next day Taurus
- 02:09 – 04:24 next day Gemini
- 04:24 – 06:45 next day Cancer
- 06:45 – 06:52 next day Leo
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