Houston panchang, 18 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 00:12 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 17:45- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 12:31 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:27
- 13:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:45 to 07:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:59 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:54 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:27
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:54 – 05:54 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 – 06:23
- 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 17:45 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 00:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:13 – 12:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:31 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:45 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:17 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 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:07 Sagittarius
- 07:07 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 11:38 Pisces
- 11:38 – 13:13 Aries
- 13:13 – 15:08 Taurus
- 15:08 – 17:23 Gemini
- 17:23 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:59 next day Scorpio
- 04:59 – 07:03 next day Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 07:17 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