Houston panchang, 23 February 2028
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 05:50 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 14:00
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:35 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:15 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:57 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:02 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:57 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:28 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 07:17
- Karana Vishti until 12:35, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:35 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:57 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:02 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:17 – 19:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:28 – 06:53 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. 05:13 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:27 Capricorn
- 06:27 – 07:53 Aquarius
- 07:53 – 09:17 Pisces
- 09:17 – 10:51 Aries
- 10:51 – 12:46 Taurus
- 12:46 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 17:22 Cancer
- 17:22 – 19:41 Leo
- 19:41 – 21:58 Virgo
- 21:58 – 00:19 next day Libra
- 00:19 – 02:38 next day Scorpio
- 02:38 – 04:42 next day Sagittarius
- 04:42 – 06:23 next day Capricorn
- 06:23 – 06:53 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