Houston panchang, 8 November 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 23:11 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:25
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:28 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:10 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:06 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 21:50
- Karana Vishti until 16:48, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:50 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:19 – 16:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:57 – 19:59
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. 04:56 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 03:06 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:42 – 04:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:00 Virgo
- 05:00 – 07:21 Libra
- 07:21 – 09:40 Scorpio
- 09:40 – 11:43 Sagittarius
- 11:43 – 13:25 Capricorn
- 13:25 – 14:51 Aquarius
- 14:51 – 16:15 Pisces
- 16:15 – 17:49 Aries
- 17:49 – 19:44 Taurus
- 19:44 – 21:59 Gemini
- 21:59 – 00:20 next day Cancer
- 00:20 – 02:38 next day Leo
- 02:38 – 04:56 next day Virgo
- 04:56 – 06:42 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 CST (UTC-6) · Method