Houston panchang, 2 May 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 13:43 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 19:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:18
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:54 Moon enters Leo
- 19:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:58 to 06:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:11 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 17:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 09:14
- Karana Bava until 08:25, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:54 Moon enters Leo
- 19:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:11 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:18
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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 17:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 08:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:54 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:38 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:18 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:38 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:18 | Good |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:17 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:46 Pisces
- 05:46 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 13:51 Cancer
- 13:51 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 18:27 Virgo
- 18:27 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:10 next day Sagittarius
- 01:10 – 02:52 next day Capricorn
- 02:52 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:42 next day Pisces
- 05:42 – 06:37 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