Houston panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 16:05 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 14:00
- 16:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:24 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:52 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 02:32 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:52 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:26
- Karana Kaulava until 16:17, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:52 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:00
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. 05:01 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:52 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:39 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:32 Capricorn
- 05:32 – 06:58 Aquarius
- 06:58 – 08:22 Pisces
- 08:22 – 09:56 Aries
- 09:56 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 18:46 Leo
- 18:46 – 21:03 Virgo
- 21:03 – 23:24 Libra
- 23:24 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:47 next day Sagittarius
- 03:47 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:38 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