Houston panchang, 8 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 14:10 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 17:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:02
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:50 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:37 to 07:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:19 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:06
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 20:19
- Karana Vishti until 08:06, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:50 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:19 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:02
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 17:37 – 20:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:50 – 07:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:50 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 09:53 | Good |
| Rog | 09:53 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:10 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Char | 12:28 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:37 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:28 – 02:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:19 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 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:43 Scorpio
- 05:43 – 07:46 Sagittarius
- 07:46 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:18 Pisces
- 12:18 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 15:47 Taurus
- 15:47 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:39 next day Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:19 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