Houston panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 23:45 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 19:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:58
- 09:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:38 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
19:46 to 06:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:46 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 20:42
- Karana Bava until 09:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:38 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:42 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:42 – 20:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:58
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. 05:28 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:46 – 22:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:58 – 19:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:58 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:40 Aquarius
- 05:40 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 08:38 Aries
- 08:38 – 10:33 Taurus
- 10:33 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 15:10 Cancer
- 15:10 – 17:28 Leo
- 17:28 – 19:46 Virgo
- 19:46 – 22:06 Libra
- 22:06 – 00:25 next day Scorpio
- 00:25 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 06:57 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