Houston panchang, 18 October 2027
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 20:53 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 18:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:16
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta 13:29 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:30
- 13:18 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:46 to 07:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:12 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 13:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 22:47
- Karana Bava until 18:49, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:18 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:48 – 22:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:29 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:30
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. 05:44 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 21:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:18 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:21 – 18:46 | Good |
| Char | 18:46 – 20:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:21 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:56 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:51 – 07:26 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
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:25 Virgo
- 07:25 – 09:46 Libra
- 09:46 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:09 Sagittarius
- 14:09 – 15:50 Capricorn
- 15:50 – 17:16 Aquarius
- 17:16 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 20:14 Aries
- 20:14 – 22:09 Taurus
- 22:09 – 00:24 next day Gemini
- 00:24 – 02:45 next day Cancer
- 02:45 – 05:04 next day Leo
- 05:04 – 07:21 next day Virgo
- 07:21 – 07:26 next day Libra
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