Houston panchang, 20 November 2028
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 10:45 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:16
- 07:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 09:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:04 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:22 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:04 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 07:38
- Karana Bava until 13:45, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 09:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:38 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:16
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:51 – 09:49
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:49 – 04:43 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:10 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:06 – 20:15
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:43 – 06:52 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. 05:04 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 09:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:22 | Good |
| Char | 17:22 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:33 Libra
- 06:33 – 08:52 Scorpio
- 08:52 – 10:56 Sagittarius
- 10:56 – 12:37 Capricorn
- 12:37 – 14:04 Aquarius
- 14:04 – 15:27 Pisces
- 15:27 – 17:02 Aries
- 17:02 – 18:57 Taurus
- 18:57 – 21:12 Gemini
- 21:12 – 23:33 Cancer
- 23:33 – 01:51 next day Leo
- 01:51 – 04:09 next day Virgo
- 04:09 – 06:29 next day Libra
- 06:29 – 06:52 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