Houston panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 15:54 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 19:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:58
- 07:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:11 Moon enters Leo
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:28 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:41 to 07:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:28
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 23:14
- Karana Vanija until 07:55, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:11 Moon enters Leo
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:14 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:55 – 11:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:11 – 18:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:14 – 01:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:27 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:30 – 06:23 next day
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. 05:35 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:06 – 11:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:28 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:05 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
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:08 Aquarius
- 06:08 – 07:32 Pisces
- 07:32 – 09:06 Aries
- 09:06 – 11:01 Taurus
- 11:01 – 13:16 Gemini
- 13:16 – 15:37 Cancer
- 15:37 – 17:56 Leo
- 17:56 – 20:13 Virgo
- 20:13 – 22:34 Libra
- 22:34 – 00:53 next day Scorpio
- 00:53 – 02:56 next day Sagittarius
- 02:56 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 06:04 next day Aquarius
- 06:04 – 07:05 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