Houston panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 08:03 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 18:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:31
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:45 to 07:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:45 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:31
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 14:56
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:31
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. 05:45 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 21:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:31 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:21 – 18:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:21 – 21:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:56 – 23:31 | Good |
| Char | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:27 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
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 07:23 Virgo
- 07:23 – 09:43 Libra
- 09:43 – 12:02 Scorpio
- 12:02 – 14:06 Sagittarius
- 14:06 – 15:47 Capricorn
- 15:47 – 17:13 Aquarius
- 17:13 – 18:37 Pisces
- 18:37 – 20:11 Aries
- 20:11 – 22:06 Taurus
- 22:06 – 00:21 next day Gemini
- 00:21 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 05:01 next day Leo
- 05:01 – 07:19 next day Virgo
- 07:19 – 07:27 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