Houston panchang, 20 October 2027
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 22:53 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 18:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:30
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:44 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:13 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 16:02, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:35 – 07:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:30
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. 05:45 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 21:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:27 – 12:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:00 – 07:28 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:13 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:20 – 18:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:20 – 21:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:55 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 07:18 Virgo
- 07:18 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 11:57 Scorpio
- 11:57 – 14:01 Sagittarius
- 14:01 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 17:08 Aquarius
- 17:08 – 18:32 Pisces
- 18:32 – 20:06 Aries
- 20:06 – 22:01 Taurus
- 22:01 – 00:16 next day Gemini
- 00:16 – 02:38 next day Cancer
- 02:38 – 04:56 next day Leo
- 04:56 – 07:14 next day Virgo
- 07:14 – 07:28 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