Houston panchang, 20 October 2028
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 10:22 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 18:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:28 – 14:13
- Yamaganda 15:54 – 17:19
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:02 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:43 to 07:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:43 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:13 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:02
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 01:06 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:56
- Karana Gara until 13:02, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:13 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:28 – 14:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:19
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:06 – 07:28 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. 05:46 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:43 – 21:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 01:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:27 – 08:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:30 | Good |
| Rog | 14:30 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Char | 17:19 – 18:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:43 – 20:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:19 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:55 – 23:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:15 Virgo
- 07:15 – 09:35 Libra
- 09:35 – 11:54 Scorpio
- 11:54 – 13:58 Sagittarius
- 13:58 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 17:06 Aquarius
- 17:06 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 20:04 Aries
- 20:04 – 21:59 Taurus
- 21:59 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:35 next day Cancer
- 02:35 – 04:53 next day Leo
- 04:53 – 07:11 next day Virgo
- 07:11 – 07:28 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