Houston panchang, 4 September 2028
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 19:51 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 19:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:35
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:06
- 08:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
19:38 to 07:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:38 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:14
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:23 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:47
- Karana Balava until 08:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:38 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:47 – 17:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:06
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. 05:30 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:38 | Good |
| Char | 19:38 – 21:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:11 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:02 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
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:40 Cancer
- 05:40 – 07:58 Leo
- 07:58 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:36 Libra
- 12:36 – 14:55 Scorpio
- 14:55 – 16:59 Sagittarius
- 16:59 – 18:40 Capricorn
- 18:40 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 00:59 next day Taurus
- 00:59 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 05:36 next day Cancer
- 05:36 – 07:02 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