Houston panchang, 8 May 2028
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 20:22 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 20:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:14 – 09:56
- Yamaganda 11:37 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:20
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:02 to 06:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:16 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:48
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:10
- Karana Bava until 14:48, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:07 – 11:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:20
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. 05:09 – 05:51
- 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 20:02 – 22:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:14 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 20:02 | Good |
| Char | 20:02 – 21:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:14 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:22 Pisces
- 05:22 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 18:03 Virgo
- 18:03 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 02:28 next day Capricorn
- 02:28 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 05:18 next day Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:33 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