Houston panchang, 4 March 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 11:36 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:44 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 07:30 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:38 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:00 – 15:27
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:22 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:24 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 14:40
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:55 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:24
- Karana Bava until 14:40, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:24 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:30 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:27
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. 05:05 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:44 – 08:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 08:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:40 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:11 – 09:38 | Good |
| Rog | 09:38 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Char | 12:33 – 14:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:00 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 23:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:00 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:48 Capricorn
- 05:48 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 08:38 Pisces
- 08:38 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 12:07 Taurus
- 12:07 – 14:22 Gemini
- 14:22 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 19:01 Leo
- 19:01 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 23:39 Libra
- 23:39 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:02 next day Sagittarius
- 04:02 – 05:44 next day Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:43 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