Houston panchang, 20 January 2028
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 02:19 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta 10:47 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 13:51 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:41
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:39 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:47 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:47 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 18:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 01:24 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:36, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:47 – 11:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:41
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) 12:11 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:17 – 00:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:52 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Char | 11:13 – 12:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:32 – 13:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:51 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 17:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:47 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 08:41 Capricorn
- 08:41 – 10:07 Aquarius
- 10:07 – 11:31 Pisces
- 11:31 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 15:00 Taurus
- 15:00 – 17:15 Gemini
- 17:15 – 19:36 Cancer
- 19:36 – 21:54 Leo
- 21:54 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
- 04:52 – 06:55 next day Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 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