Houston panchang, 7 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 13:22 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 17:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:10 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:19
- 09:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:36 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:18 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:00
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:22 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 22:37
- Karana Gara until 09:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:18 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:19
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. 05:29 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 16:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:00 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:10 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:27 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:36 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:27 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:18 next day | Bad |
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 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:47 Scorpio
- 05:47 – 07:50 Sagittarius
- 07:50 – 09:32 Capricorn
- 09:32 – 10:58 Aquarius
- 10:58 – 12:22 Pisces
- 12:22 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:06 Gemini
- 18:06 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 05:43 next day Scorpio
- 05:43 – 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