Houston panchang, 20 December 2027
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 00:14 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 17:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:22
- 13:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:24 to 07:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 14:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 04:03 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:22
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. 05:22 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:29 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:24 | Good |
| Char | 17:24 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:30 – 07:13 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
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:09 Aquarius
- 12:09 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:34 next day Libra
- 04:34 – 06:53 next day Scorpio
- 06:53 – 07:13 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