Houston panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 02:14 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:34 – 18:11
- Durmuhurta 18:05 – 18:56
- Rahu Kalam 18:11 – 19:48
- 11:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
19:48 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:41 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 01:43 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 19:11
- Karana Balava until 11:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:05 – 18:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:11 – 19:48
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. 05:25 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 01:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:54 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:30 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:06 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:29 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:48 Pisces
- 06:48 – 08:23 Aries
- 08:23 – 10:18 Taurus
- 10:18 – 12:33 Gemini
- 12:33 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 17:12 Leo
- 17:12 – 19:30 Virgo
- 19:30 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 00:10 next day Scorpio
- 00:10 – 02:13 next day Sagittarius
- 02:13 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:45 next day Pisces
- 06:45 – 06:53 next day Aries
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