Houston panchang, 5 May 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 17:00 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 20:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:57
- Durmuhurta 09:17 – 10:10
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:39 – 18:19
- 11:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
20:00 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 20:37
- Karana Bava until 11:41, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:17 – 10:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:37 – 21:49
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. 05:11 – 05:53
- 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 20:00 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:57 – 11:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:37 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Char | 18:19 – 20:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:16 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 07:08 Aries
- 07:08 – 09:03 Taurus
- 09:03 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:39 Cancer
- 13:39 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 20:36 Libra
- 20:36 – 22:55 Scorpio
- 22:55 – 00:59 next day Sagittarius
- 00:59 – 02:40 next day Capricorn
- 02:40 – 04:06 next day Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:30 next day Pisces
- 05:30 – 06:35 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