Houston panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 10:30 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 19:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 15:00
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:52 to 06:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:41 Moon enters Libra
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:25
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 22:43
- Karana Vishti until 15:25, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:41 Moon enters Libra
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:29 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:33 – 11:25
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 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:52 – 22:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:55 – 12:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:55 – 12:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:32 – 06:55 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:27 Cancer
- 06:27 – 08:45 Leo
- 08:45 – 11:03 Virgo
- 11:03 – 13:23 Libra
- 13:23 – 15:42 Scorpio
- 15:42 – 17:46 Sagittarius
- 17:46 – 19:27 Capricorn
- 19:27 – 20:54 Aquarius
- 20:54 – 22:17 Pisces
- 22:17 – 23:52 Aries
- 23:52 – 01:47 next day Taurus
- 01:47 – 04:02 next day Gemini
- 04:02 – 06:23 next day Cancer
- 06:23 – 06:55 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