Houston panchang, 16 July 2028
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 01:21 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 20:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:55
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 15:11
- Gulika Kalam 16:54 – 18:38
- Durmuhurta 18:31 – 19:26
- Rahu Kalam 18:38 – 20:21
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:21 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:09 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:16 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 02:19 next day
- Karana Vanija until 18:09, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:09 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:31 – 19:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:38 – 20:21
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:19 – 04:43 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:33 – 21:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:51 – 12:58
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. 05:11 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:21 – 22:24
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 08:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:16 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:21 – 21:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:38 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:17 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:35 Gemini
- 06:35 – 08:56 Cancer
- 08:56 – 11:15 Leo
- 11:15 – 13:32 Virgo
- 13:32 – 15:53 Libra
- 15:53 – 18:12 Scorpio
- 18:12 – 20:15 Sagittarius
- 20:15 – 21:57 Capricorn
- 21:57 – 23:23 Aquarius
- 23:23 – 00:47 next day Pisces
- 00:47 – 02:21 next day Aries
- 02:21 – 04:16 next day Taurus
- 04:16 – 06:31 next day Gemini
- 06:31 – 06:33 next day Cancer
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