Houston panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 03:23 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 19:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:19
- Yamaganda 10:06 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:12
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:15 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
19:49 to 06:50 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:49 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:44 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:49 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 21:03
- Karana Vanija until 16:26, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:15 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:15 – 05:44 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:52 – 06:50 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:19 – 19:35
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. 05:23 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 22:01
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:29 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:12 | Good |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:05 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:28 – 06:50 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
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:41 Pisces
- 06:41 – 08:15 Aries
- 08:15 – 10:10 Taurus
- 10:10 – 12:25 Gemini
- 12:25 – 14:46 Cancer
- 14:46 – 17:04 Leo
- 17:04 – 19:22 Virgo
- 19:22 – 21:43 Libra
- 21:43 – 00:02 next day Scorpio
- 00:02 – 02:05 next day Sagittarius
- 02:05 – 03:47 next day Capricorn
- 03:47 – 05:13 next day Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:37 next day Pisces
- 06:37 – 06:50 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