Houston panchang, 19 July 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:20 Moonrise 03:46 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 20:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 15:10
- 10:07 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:20 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:20 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:07 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 16:04, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:07 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 05:12 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:20 – 22:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 21:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:18 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:20 – 21:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:37 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:23 Gemini
- 06:23 – 08:44 Cancer
- 08:44 – 11:03 Leo
- 11:03 – 13:20 Virgo
- 13:20 – 15:41 Libra
- 15:41 – 18:00 Scorpio
- 18:00 – 20:04 Sagittarius
- 20:04 – 21:45 Capricorn
- 21:45 – 23:11 Aquarius
- 23:11 – 00:35 next day Pisces
- 00:35 – 02:09 next day Aries
- 02:09 – 04:04 next day Taurus
- 04:04 – 06:19 next day Gemini
- 06:19 – 06:35 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