Houston panchang, 3 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 11:09 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 17:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:09 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:30
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:33 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 06:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 06:50 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 10:45 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 01:37 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:50, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 06:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:37 – 13:41 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:50 – 19:40 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. 05:28 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 10:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:09 | Good |
| Rog | 11:09 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:25 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:33 | Good |
| Char | 17:33 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:26 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:09 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:02 Scorpio
- 06:02 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:14 Aquarius
- 11:14 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:07 Taurus
- 16:07 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 05:58 next day Scorpio
- 05:58 – 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