Houston panchang, 1 May 2028
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 12:37 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 19:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:18
- 10:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
19:57 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 11:54
- Karana Vanija until 10:21, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 21:25 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:21 – 21:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:54 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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. 05:13 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:57 – 22:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:39 – 19:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:39 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:57 | Good |
| Char | 19:57 – 21:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:18 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:31 Virgo
- 18:31 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:14 next day Sagittarius
- 01:14 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:46 next day Pisces
- 05:46 – 06:38 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