Houston panchang, 21 August 2028
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 08:13 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 10:09
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:18
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:54 to 06:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 06:17 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:14
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 10:25
- Karana Balava until 12:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 06:17 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:18
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. 05:26 – 06:10
- 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 19:54 – 22:06
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:54 | Good |
| Char | 19:54 – 21:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 06:54 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:35 Cancer
- 06:35 – 08:53 Leo
- 08:53 – 11:11 Virgo
- 11:11 – 13:31 Libra
- 13:31 – 15:50 Scorpio
- 15:50 – 17:54 Sagittarius
- 17:54 – 19:35 Capricorn
- 19:35 – 21:01 Aquarius
- 21:01 – 22:25 Pisces
- 22:25 – 23:59 Aries
- 23:59 – 01:54 next day Taurus
- 01:54 – 04:09 next day Gemini
- 04:09 – 06:31 next day Cancer
- 06:31 – 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