Houston panchang, 17 September 2028
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:22 Moonrise 05:49 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 19:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:18 – 17:50
- Durmuhurta 17:44 – 18:33
- Rahu Kalam 17:50 – 19:22
- 07:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:17 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:17 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:22 to 07:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:22 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:17
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:23
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:17 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:17 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:00 – 07:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:44 – 18:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:50 – 19:22
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. 05:34 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:22 – 21:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:08 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:40 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:07 Leo
- 07:07 – 09:24 Virgo
- 09:24 – 11:45 Libra
- 11:45 – 14:04 Scorpio
- 14:04 – 16:08 Sagittarius
- 16:08 – 17:49 Capricorn
- 17:49 – 19:15 Aquarius
- 19:15 – 20:39 Pisces
- 20:39 – 22:13 Aries
- 22:13 – 00:08 next day Taurus
- 00:08 – 02:23 next day Gemini
- 02:23 – 04:44 next day Cancer
- 04:44 – 07:03 next day Leo
- 07:03 – 07:09 next day Virgo
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