Houston panchang, 12 July 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 20:23 Moonrise 23:45 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 20:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 12:59 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 15:11
- 11:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
20:23 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:23 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:42 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 01:42 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:41, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:42 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:59 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:52 – 13:59 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:42 – 04:06 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. 05:10 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:23 – 22:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:12 – 06:31 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:52 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:39 – 20:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:23 – 21:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:39 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:51 Gemini
- 06:51 – 09:12 Cancer
- 09:12 – 11:30 Leo
- 11:30 – 13:48 Virgo
- 13:48 – 16:08 Libra
- 16:08 – 18:27 Scorpio
- 18:27 – 20:31 Sagittarius
- 20:31 – 22:12 Capricorn
- 22:12 – 23:39 Aquarius
- 23:39 – 01:02 next day Pisces
- 01:02 – 02:37 next day Aries
- 02:37 – 04:32 next day Taurus
- 04:32 – 06:31 next day Gemini
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