Houston panchang, 16 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 23:08 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 17:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 17:43
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:45 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:43 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:42 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 11:18
- Karana Gara until 16:45, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:18 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 17:43
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) 12:10 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 20:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:00 – 07:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:00 – 07:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:00 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:13 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:43 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:25 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 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
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:10 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)
- 05:29 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 08:56 Capricorn
- 08:56 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:15 Taurus
- 15:15 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:28 next day Virgo
- 00:28 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 07:18 next day Capricorn
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