Houston panchang, 18 May 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 02:49 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 20:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:27 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:01 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:24
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 10:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:42 Moon enters Pisces
Night
20:08 to 06:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:41 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 23:41
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:02
- Karana Vanija until 10:36, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 10:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:41 Karana becomes Bava
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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 08:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:35
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:36 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:01 – 11:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:42 – 23:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:24
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. 05:04 – 05:46
- 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 20:08 – 22:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 23:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:27 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:10 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Char | 11:35 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 20:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:25 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:27 next day | Good |
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
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:17 Aries
- 06:17 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:27 Gemini
- 10:27 – 12:48 Cancer
- 12:48 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 17:24 Virgo
- 17:24 – 19:45 Libra
- 19:45 – 22:04 Scorpio
- 22:04 – 00:07 next day Sagittarius
- 00:07 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 03:15 next day Aquarius
- 03:15 – 04:39 next day Pisces
- 04:39 – 06:13 next day Aries
- 06:13 – 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