Houston panchang, 20 April 2028
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 04:21 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 19:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:49 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:05 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:14
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:50 to 06:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:50 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:58 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 08:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 22:58
- Karana Balava until 08:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:58 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:14
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. 05:21 – 06:05
- 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 19:50 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:27 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:05 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:13 – 19:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:13 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:26 – 06:48 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
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:33 Pisces
- 06:33 – 08:07 Aries
- 08:07 – 10:02 Taurus
- 10:02 – 12:17 Gemini
- 12:17 – 14:38 Cancer
- 14:38 – 16:57 Leo
- 16:57 – 19:14 Virgo
- 19:14 – 21:35 Libra
- 21:35 – 23:54 Scorpio
- 23:54 – 01:57 next day Sagittarius
- 01:57 – 03:39 next day Capricorn
- 03:39 – 05:05 next day Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:29 next day Pisces
- 06:29 – 06:48 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