Houston panchang, 4 December 2028
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 20:01 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 17:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:17
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:20 to 07:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:12 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:34
- Nakshatra Ardra until 09:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 04:01 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:34, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:12 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:58 – 13:01
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. 05:13 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:20 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:37 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:20 | Good |
| Char | 17:20 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:20 – 07:03 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
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:38 Libra
- 05:38 – 07:57 Scorpio
- 07:57 – 10:01 Sagittarius
- 10:01 – 11:42 Capricorn
- 11:42 – 13:09 Aquarius
- 13:09 – 14:32 Pisces
- 14:32 – 16:07 Aries
- 16:07 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:17 Gemini
- 20:17 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 03:14 next day Virgo
- 03:14 – 05:34 next day Libra
- 05:34 – 07:03 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