Houston panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 09:18 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 19:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:45
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:25 Moon enters Libra
- 16:06 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:18 to 07:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:30 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 08:35
- Karana Taitila until 16:06, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:25 Moon enters Libra
- 16:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 01:28 next day
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. 05:35 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:18 – 21:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:08 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:47 – 19:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:55 Leo
- 06:55 – 09:13 Virgo
- 09:13 – 11:33 Libra
- 11:33 – 13:52 Scorpio
- 13:52 – 15:56 Sagittarius
- 15:56 – 17:37 Capricorn
- 17:37 – 19:04 Aquarius
- 19:04 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 22:01 Aries
- 22:01 – 23:56 Taurus
- 23:56 – 02:11 next day Gemini
- 02:11 – 04:33 next day Cancer
- 04:33 – 06:51 next day Leo
- 06:51 – 07:10 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