Houston panchang, 18 December 2027
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 23:11 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:12 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 14:51
- 07:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:05 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:23 to 07:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 18:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 18:06
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:05
- Karana Gara until 07:15, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:05 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 18:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:06 – 05:02 next day
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. 05:21 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:00 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:12 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:07 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:07 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:45 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:12 next day | Good |
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
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:14 Aries
- 15:14 – 17:09 Taurus
- 17:09 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 07:01 next day Scorpio
- 07:01 – 07:12 next day Sagittarius
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method