Houston panchang, 17 October 2028
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 06:52 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 18:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:27
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:56 – 17:21
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:45 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:46 to 07:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:57 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:21 Moon enters Libra
- 21:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 06:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:57
- Karana Chatushpada until 11:45, then Naga
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:45 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:57 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:21 Moon enters Libra
- 21:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 06:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:08 – 18:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:57 – 20:09
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. 05:44 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 21:18
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:25 – 08:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:06 – 14:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:31 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:56 – 17:21 | Good |
| Rog | 17:21 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:21 – 21:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:56 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:47 Libra
- 09:47 – 12:06 Scorpio
- 12:06 – 14:10 Sagittarius
- 14:10 – 15:51 Capricorn
- 15:51 – 17:17 Aquarius
- 17:17 – 18:41 Pisces
- 18:41 – 20:15 Aries
- 20:15 – 22:10 Taurus
- 22:10 – 00:25 next day Gemini
- 00:25 – 02:47 next day Cancer
- 02:47 – 05:05 next day Leo
- 05:05 – 07:23 next day Virgo
- 07:23 – 07:26 next day Libra
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