Houston panchang, 29 March 2028
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 08:56 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 19:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:59
- 14:21 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:37 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
19:37 to 07:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 04:00 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 16:37
- Karana Vanija until 15:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:21 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:37 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:14 – 14:21
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. 05:41 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:01 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:14 – 14:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:21 – 07:13 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:21 – 07:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:13 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
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 06:35 Aquarius
- 06:35 – 07:59 Pisces
- 07:59 – 09:33 Aries
- 09:33 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 16:05 Cancer
- 16:05 – 18:23 Leo
- 18:23 – 20:41 Virgo
- 20:41 – 23:01 Libra
- 23:01 – 01:20 next day Scorpio
- 01:20 – 03:24 next day Sagittarius
- 03:24 – 05:05 next day Capricorn
- 05:05 – 06:32 next day Aquarius
- 06:32 – 07:13 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