Houston panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 10:28 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:35
- 09:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:25 to 07:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 21:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:50
- Karana Bava until 09:00, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:50 – 15:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:13 – 00:06 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. 05:23 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:06 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 07:14 next day Sagittarius
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