Houston panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 02:30 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 19:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 12:59 – 13:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 15:03
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:59 to 06:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:12 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 06:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 07:42
- Karana Balava until 17:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:12 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 06:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:42 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:59 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:03
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. 05:24 – 06:07
- 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 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:59 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 07:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:19 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:54 Cancer
- 06:54 – 09:13 Leo
- 09:13 – 11:30 Virgo
- 11:30 – 13:51 Libra
- 13:51 – 16:10 Scorpio
- 16:10 – 18:14 Sagittarius
- 18:14 – 19:55 Capricorn
- 19:55 – 21:21 Aquarius
- 21:21 – 22:45 Pisces
- 22:45 – 00:19 next day Aries
- 00:19 – 02:14 next day Taurus
- 02:14 – 04:29 next day Gemini
- 04:29 – 06:50 next day Cancer
- 06:50 – 06:51 next day Leo
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