Houston panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 00:09 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 13:59
- 07:15 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:09 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:16
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:02 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:15
- Karana Bava until 14:16, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:15 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:48 – 09:24 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 01:02 – 07:00 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. 05:18 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:01 – 14:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:02 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:00 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
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:54 Capricorn
- 06:54 – 08:21 Aquarius
- 08:21 – 09:44 Pisces
- 09:44 – 11:19 Aries
- 11:19 – 13:14 Taurus
- 13:14 – 15:29 Gemini
- 15:29 – 17:50 Cancer
- 17:50 – 20:08 Leo
- 20:08 – 22:26 Virgo
- 22:26 – 00:46 next day Libra
- 00:46 – 03:05 next day Scorpio
- 03:05 – 05:09 next day Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 06:50 next day Capricorn
- 06:50 – 07:00 next day Aquarius
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