Houston panchang, 20 August 2027
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 21:37 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:42
- Yamaganda 16:40 – 18:18
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
19:56 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 23:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:34
- Karana Vishti until 08:23, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:38 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:42
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:34 – 18:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:18
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. 05:25 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:56 – 22:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 23:09 – 06:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:09 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:30 – 10:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:31 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:41 Cancer
- 06:41 – 09:00 Leo
- 09:00 – 11:17 Virgo
- 11:17 – 13:38 Libra
- 13:38 – 15:57 Scorpio
- 15:57 – 18:01 Sagittarius
- 18:01 – 19:42 Capricorn
- 19:42 – 21:08 Aquarius
- 21:08 – 22:32 Pisces
- 22:32 – 00:06 next day Aries
- 00:06 – 02:01 next day Taurus
- 02:01 – 04:16 next day Gemini
- 04:16 – 06:37 next day Cancer
- 06:37 – 06:53 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