Houston panchang, 25 October 2028
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 14:28 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:31 to 18:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:28
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:39 to 07:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:09 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 01:17 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:44, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:28
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:17 – 03:41 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:09 – 07:32 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:13 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:05 – 07:32 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. 05:48 – 06:40
- 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 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 21:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 07:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Char | 15:52 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:52 – 23:28 | Good |
| Char | 23:28 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:32 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
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 06:55 Virgo
- 06:55 – 09:16 Libra
- 09:16 – 11:35 Scorpio
- 11:35 – 13:38 Sagittarius
- 13:38 – 15:20 Capricorn
- 15:20 – 16:46 Aquarius
- 16:46 – 18:10 Pisces
- 18:10 – 19:44 Aries
- 19:44 – 21:39 Taurus
- 21:39 – 23:54 Gemini
- 23:54 – 02:15 next day Cancer
- 02:15 – 04:34 next day Leo
- 04:34 – 06:51 next day Virgo
- 06:51 – 07:32 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