Houston panchang, 4 October 2028
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 19:23 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 19:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:37
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:58 Moon enters Aries
Night
19:01 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 13:34
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 00:07 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:34, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:58 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:37
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 13:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:58 – 07:18 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. 05:39 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:01 – 21:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:34 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:01 – 20:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:05 – 23:37 | Good |
| Char | 23:37 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:00 Leo
- 06:00 – 08:18 Virgo
- 08:18 – 10:38 Libra
- 10:38 – 12:57 Scorpio
- 12:57 – 15:01 Sagittarius
- 15:01 – 16:42 Capricorn
- 16:42 – 18:08 Aquarius
- 18:08 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 21:06 Aries
- 21:06 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:16 next day Gemini
- 01:16 – 03:38 next day Cancer
- 03:38 – 05:56 next day Leo
- 05:56 – 07:18 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