Houston panchang, 26 July 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 11:39 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 20:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 15:10
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:28 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
20:16 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:41 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 17:28
- Karana Kaulava until 16:55, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:28 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:10
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. 05:16 – 05:57
- 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 20:16 – 22:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 04:56 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 04:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:41 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:16 – 21:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:34 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:56 Gemini
- 05:56 – 08:17 Cancer
- 08:17 – 10:35 Leo
- 10:35 – 12:53 Virgo
- 12:53 – 15:13 Libra
- 15:13 – 17:32 Scorpio
- 17:32 – 19:36 Sagittarius
- 19:36 – 21:17 Capricorn
- 21:17 – 22:44 Aquarius
- 22:44 – 00:07 next day Pisces
- 00:07 – 01:42 next day Aries
- 01:42 – 03:37 next day Taurus
- 03:37 – 05:52 next day Gemini
- 05:52 – 06:39 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