Houston panchang, 17 April 2028
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 02:51 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:13
- 13:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:49 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:49 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:07 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:41 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:52, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:13
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. 05:24 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 04:41 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:53 – 04:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:49 | Good |
| Char | 19:49 – 21:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:29 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:45 Pisces
- 06:45 – 08:19 Aries
- 08:19 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:29 Gemini
- 12:29 – 14:50 Cancer
- 14:50 – 17:08 Leo
- 17:08 – 19:26 Virgo
- 19:26 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 00:06 next day Scorpio
- 00:06 – 02:09 next day Sagittarius
- 02:09 – 03:51 next day Capricorn
- 03:51 – 05:17 next day Aquarius
- 05:17 – 06:41 next day Pisces
- 06:41 – 06:52 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