Houston panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 02:21 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 20:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 15:00
- 08:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
20:08 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:26 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:26
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:02 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:26 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:00
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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:08 – 22:11
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:25 – 20:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:27 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 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:21 Aries
- 06:21 – 08:16 Taurus
- 08:16 – 10:31 Gemini
- 10:31 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 15:10 Leo
- 15:10 – 17:28 Virgo
- 17:28 – 19:49 Libra
- 19:49 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 04:43 next day Pisces
- 04:43 – 06:17 next day Aries
- 06:17 – 06:27 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