Houston panchang, 18 March 2028
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 02:51 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 19:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:30
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:31 to 07:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:51 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:47 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:15
- Karana Taitila until 19:49, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:49 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:23 – 11:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:30
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. 05:52 – 06:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:05 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:27 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:00 – 19:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:31 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:00 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:27 – 05:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:26 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
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:52 – 05:52 Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:19 Aquarius
- 07:19 – 08:42 Pisces
- 08:42 – 10:17 Aries
- 10:17 – 12:12 Taurus
- 12:12 – 14:27 Gemini
- 14:27 – 16:48 Cancer
- 16:48 – 19:06 Leo
- 19:06 – 21:24 Virgo
- 21:24 – 23:44 Libra
- 23:44 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:07 next day Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 05:49 next day Capricorn
- 05:49 – 07:15 next day Aquarius
- 07:15 – 07:26 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