Houston panchang, 17 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:44 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 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:39
- 08:22 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:47 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:44 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:53 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:02 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:22
- Karana Vishti until 14:47, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:22 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:49 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:53 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:39
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 18:49 – 07:18 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. 05:29 – 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 17:44 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 18:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 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
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:10 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)
- 05:29 – 07:11 Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 08:52 Capricorn
- 08:52 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 13:17 Aries
- 13:17 – 15:12 Taurus
- 15:12 – 17:26 Gemini
- 17:26 – 19:48 Cancer
- 19:48 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:44 next day Libra
- 02:44 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 07:07 next day Sagittarius
- 07:07 – 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