Houston panchang, 1 January 2028
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 10:15 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 14:58
- 12:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:32 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:52 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:12 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:48, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:12 – 01:03 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. 05:27 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:08 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Char | 12:24 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:32 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:25 – 02:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:08 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 09:55 Capricorn
- 09:55 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:47 next day Libra
- 03:47 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 07:18 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