Houston panchang, 18 November 2028
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 09:06 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:44
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:34 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 10:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:23 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:58 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:50
- Karana Taitila until 14:27, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:34 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 10:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:44
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. 05:02 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:34 – 03:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:58 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:41 Libra
- 06:41 – 09:00 Scorpio
- 09:00 – 11:04 Sagittarius
- 11:04 – 12:45 Capricorn
- 12:45 – 14:12 Aquarius
- 14:12 – 15:35 Pisces
- 15:35 – 17:09 Aries
- 17:09 – 19:05 Taurus
- 19:05 – 21:19 Gemini
- 21:19 – 23:41 Cancer
- 23:41 – 01:59 next day Leo
- 01:59 – 04:17 next day Virgo
- 04:17 – 06:37 next day Libra
- 06:37 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
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