Houston panchang, 24 March 2028
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 06:19 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 19:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Durmuhurta 13:52 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:31 – 18:02
- 08:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
19:34 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:27 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:27 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 06:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:27
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 16:20
- Karana Vishti until 08:17, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:27 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:27 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 06:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:04 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:52 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 09:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:10 – 10:25
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. 05:46 – 06:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:34 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:20 – 08:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:34 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 05:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:51 – 07:19 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
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 08:19 Pisces
- 08:19 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:48 Taurus
- 11:48 – 14:03 Gemini
- 14:03 – 16:24 Cancer
- 16:24 – 18:43 Leo
- 18:43 – 21:00 Virgo
- 21:00 – 23:21 Libra
- 23:21 – 01:40 next day Scorpio
- 01:40 – 03:44 next day Sagittarius
- 03:44 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
- 05:25 – 06:51 next day Aquarius
- 06:51 – 07:19 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