Houston panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 07:39 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 19:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:58
- 15:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:17 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:54 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:28 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:17
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 21:28
- Karana Kaulava until 15:17, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:28 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
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. 05:17 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:54 – 22:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 21:04
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 21:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 15:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:04 – 06:43 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:04 – 03:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:22 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 18:51 Virgo
- 18:51 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:30 Scorpio
- 23:30 – 01:34 next day Sagittarius
- 01:34 – 03:15 next day Capricorn
- 03:15 – 04:41 next day Aquarius
- 04:41 – 06:05 next day Pisces
- 06:05 – 06:43 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