Houston panchang, 16 May 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 01:53 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 20:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 10:06
- Yamaganda 09:53 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:25
- 15:31 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:07 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:06 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:57
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:31 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 06:06 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:57, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 15:31 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:06 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:06 – 07:02 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 15:31
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:31 – 06:28 next day
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. 05:05 – 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 20:07 – 22:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 18:57
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:28 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:10 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:25 | Good |
| Rog | 18:25 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:07 – 21:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:52 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:10 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:25 Aries
- 06:25 – 08:20 Taurus
- 08:20 – 10:35 Gemini
- 10:35 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:32 Virgo
- 17:32 – 19:52 Libra
- 19:52 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 01:57 next day Capricorn
- 01:57 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 04:47 next day Pisces
- 04:47 – 06:21 next day Aries
- 06:21 – 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