Houston panchang, 18 September 2028
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 19:21 Moonrise 06:58 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 19:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:54
- 10:06 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
19:21 to 07:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:21 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:47 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 17:02
- Karana Naga until 13:23, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:06 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 08:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:57 – 09:46
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 19:21 – 21:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:49 – 19:21 | Good |
| Char | 19:21 – 20:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:41 – 07:09 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
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:03 Leo
- 07:03 – 09:20 Virgo
- 09:20 – 11:41 Libra
- 11:41 – 14:00 Scorpio
- 14:00 – 16:04 Sagittarius
- 16:04 – 17:45 Capricorn
- 17:45 – 19:11 Aquarius
- 19:11 – 20:35 Pisces
- 20:35 – 22:09 Aries
- 22:09 – 00:04 next day Taurus
- 00:04 – 02:19 next day Gemini
- 02:19 – 04:41 next day Cancer
- 04:41 – 06:59 next day Leo
- 06:59 – 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