Houston panchang, 9 April 2028
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 20:27 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 19:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:48
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:33 – 18:08
- Durmuhurta 18:02 – 18:53
- Rahu Kalam 18:08 – 19:44
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:12 Moon enters Libra
- 15:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:44 to 07:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 02:28 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 23:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:57
- Karana Balava until 15:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:12 Moon enters Libra
- 15:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:07 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:02 – 18:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:08 – 19:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:26 – 05:38 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. 05:31 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:01 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:37 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:47 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:11 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:00 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
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 05:52 Aquarius
- 05:52 – 07:16 Pisces
- 07:16 – 08:50 Aries
- 08:50 – 10:45 Taurus
- 10:45 – 13:00 Gemini
- 13:00 – 15:21 Cancer
- 15:21 – 17:40 Leo
- 17:40 – 19:57 Virgo
- 19:57 – 22:18 Libra
- 22:18 – 00:37 next day Scorpio
- 00:37 – 02:41 next day Sagittarius
- 02:41 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 05:48 next day Aquarius
- 05:48 – 07:00 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