Houston panchang, 9 October 2028
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 23:09 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 18:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:14
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta 13:31 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:36
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:17 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:55 to 07:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:40 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:04 Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:32
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:40 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 23:04
- Karana Gara until 07:26, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:40 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:04 Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:31 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:04 – 10:23 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 07:20 – 19:32
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. 05:41 – 06:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:20 – 22:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:20 – 22:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 19:32 – 22:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:14 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 16:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:02 – 17:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:28 – 18:55 | Good |
| Char | 18:55 – 20:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:28 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:02 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:48 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 07:58 Virgo
- 07:58 – 10:18 Libra
- 10:18 – 12:38 Scorpio
- 12:38 – 14:41 Sagittarius
- 14:41 – 16:23 Capricorn
- 16:23 – 17:49 Aquarius
- 17:49 – 19:13 Pisces
- 19:13 – 20:47 Aries
- 20:47 – 22:42 Taurus
- 22:42 – 00:57 next day Gemini
- 00:57 – 03:18 next day Cancer
- 03:18 – 05:36 next day Leo
- 05:36 – 07:21 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