Houston panchang, 18 August 2028
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 04:43 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 19:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:43
- Yamaganda 16:41 – 18:19
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:57 to 06:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:57 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:30
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:32 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 22:37
- Karana Vanija until 12:30, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:57 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:30 – 22:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:19
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:52 – 02:32 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:32 – 06:52 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. 05:25 – 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 19:57 – 22:08
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:52 – 08:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:30 – 10:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:30 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:46 Cancer
- 06:46 – 09:05 Leo
- 09:05 – 11:22 Virgo
- 11:22 – 13:43 Libra
- 13:43 – 16:02 Scorpio
- 16:02 – 18:06 Sagittarius
- 18:06 – 19:47 Capricorn
- 19:47 – 21:13 Aquarius
- 21:13 – 22:37 Pisces
- 22:37 – 00:11 next day Aries
- 00:11 – 02:06 next day Taurus
- 02:06 – 04:21 next day Gemini
- 04:21 – 06:42 next day Cancer
- 06:42 – 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