Houston panchang, 2 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 10:42 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 12:25 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:51
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:32
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:32 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 04:42 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:03 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:29, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
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) 00:12 – 01:03 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:32
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 – 06:23
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:52 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:34 – 09:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:51 – 11:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:08 – 12:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:25 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:32 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:25 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:08 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:35 – 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
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:18 Aquarius
- 11:18 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:25 Gemini
- 18:25 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 23:05 Leo
- 23:05 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:43 next day Libra
- 03:43 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
- 06:02 – 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