Houston panchang, 15 May 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 01:22 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 20:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:11 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:23
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:06 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 16:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 05:05 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:30, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:23
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. 05:06 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:06 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 12:32
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 12:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 12:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:11 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 20:06 | Good |
| Char | 20:06 – 21:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:29 Aries
- 06:29 – 08:24 Taurus
- 08:24 – 10:39 Gemini
- 10:39 – 13:00 Cancer
- 13:00 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:36 Virgo
- 17:36 – 19:56 Libra
- 19:56 – 22:16 Scorpio
- 22:16 – 00:19 next day Sagittarius
- 00:19 – 02:01 next day Capricorn
- 02:01 – 03:27 next day Aquarius
- 03:27 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 06:25 next day Aries
- 06:25 – 06:28 next day Taurus
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