Houston panchang, 3 April 2028
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 13:39 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 19:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:16
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:49
- Durmuhurta 13:49 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:10
- 08:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
19:40 to 07:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:53 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:37
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:40
- Karana Balava until 12:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:53 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:49 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:10
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. 05:36 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:40 – 21:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:30 – 07:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:30 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
| Char | 19:40 – 21:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:41 – 07:07 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 06:16 Aquarius
- 06:16 – 07:40 Pisces
- 07:40 – 09:14 Aries
- 09:14 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:45 Cancer
- 15:45 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:21 Virgo
- 20:21 – 22:42 Libra
- 22:42 – 01:01 next day Scorpio
- 01:01 – 03:04 next day Sagittarius
- 03:04 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 06:12 next day Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:07 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