Houston panchang, 21 April 2028
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 04:48 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 19:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:35 – 18:13
- 06:58 Moon enters Pisces
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
19:51 to 06:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:51 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 23:36
- Karana Taitila until 10:34, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:58 Moon enters Pisces
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:36 – 23:53 next day
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 19:51 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:48 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:25 – 06:47 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
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:29 Pisces
- 06:29 – 08:03 Aries
- 08:03 – 09:58 Taurus
- 09:58 – 12:13 Gemini
- 12:13 – 14:34 Cancer
- 14:34 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 19:10 Virgo
- 19:10 – 21:31 Libra
- 21:31 – 23:50 Scorpio
- 23:50 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:25 next day Pisces
- 06:25 – 06:47 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