Houston panchang, 20 August 2028
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 07:04 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 15:02
- Gulika Kalam 16:39 – 18:17
- Durmuhurta 18:11 – 19:03
- Rahu Kalam 18:17 – 19:55
- 14:37 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:55 to 06:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:55 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:59 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:59 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 14:37
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:52, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:37 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:59 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:11 – 19:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:17 – 19:55
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 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:55 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:31 – 10:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:31 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:38 Cancer
- 06:38 – 08:57 Leo
- 08:57 – 11:14 Virgo
- 11:14 – 13:35 Libra
- 13:35 – 15:54 Scorpio
- 15:54 – 17:58 Sagittarius
- 17:58 – 19:39 Capricorn
- 19:39 – 21:05 Aquarius
- 21:05 – 22:29 Pisces
- 22:29 – 00:03 next day Aries
- 00:03 – 01:58 next day Taurus
- 01:58 – 04:13 next day Gemini
- 04:13 – 06:35 next day Cancer
- 06:35 – 06:54 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