Houston panchang, 16 March 2028
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 01:01 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:30 to 19:29- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:05
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:29 to 07:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:53 – 06:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:56 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 10:24 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 12:09
- Karana Vishti until 17:43, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:05
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. 05:54 – 06:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:06 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:29 – 21:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:30 – 10:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:30 – 10:24
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:29 – 20:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:59 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:29 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
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:54 – 06:00 Capricorn
- 06:00 – 07:27 Aquarius
- 07:27 – 08:50 Pisces
- 08:50 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:20 Taurus
- 12:20 – 14:34 Gemini
- 14:34 – 16:56 Cancer
- 16:56 – 19:14 Leo
- 19:14 – 21:32 Virgo
- 21:32 – 23:52 Libra
- 23:52 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:15 next day Sagittarius
- 04:15 – 05:56 next day Capricorn
- 05:56 – 07:23 next day Aquarius
- 07:23 – 07:29 next day Pisces
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method