Houston panchang, 21 October 2028
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 11:25 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 18:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 15:54
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:42 to 07:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:31 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:18
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 03:09 next day
- Karana Vishti until 11:18, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:31 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:09 – 05:33 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 18:42 – 21:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:28 – 11:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:31 – 07:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:54 – 17:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:18 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:18 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:29 next day | Good |
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
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:11 Virgo
- 07:11 – 09:31 Libra
- 09:31 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 13:54 Sagittarius
- 13:54 – 15:35 Capricorn
- 15:35 – 17:02 Aquarius
- 17:02 – 18:25 Pisces
- 18:25 – 20:00 Aries
- 20:00 – 21:55 Taurus
- 21:55 – 00:10 next day Gemini
- 00:10 – 02:31 next day Cancer
- 02:31 – 04:49 next day Leo
- 04:49 – 07:07 next day Virgo
- 07:07 – 07:29 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