Houston panchang, 17 August 2028
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 03:34 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 19:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:21
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 15:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:58 to 06:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 15:13
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 04:48 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:08 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:13, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 15:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:08 – 22:37 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. 05:24 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 04:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:51 – 04:48 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:48 – 06:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:48 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:30 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:20 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:30 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:50 Cancer
- 06:50 – 09:09 Leo
- 09:09 – 11:26 Virgo
- 11:26 – 13:47 Libra
- 13:47 – 16:06 Scorpio
- 16:06 – 18:10 Sagittarius
- 18:10 – 19:51 Capricorn
- 19:51 – 21:17 Aquarius
- 21:17 – 22:41 Pisces
- 22:41 – 00:15 next day Aries
- 00:15 – 02:10 next day Taurus
- 02:10 – 04:25 next day Gemini
- 04:25 – 06:46 next day Cancer
- 06:46 – 06:52 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