Houston panchang, 21 December 2028
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 10:58 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:47 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:23
- 10:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:25 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:01 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:43 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 14:13
- Karana Kaulava until 10:54, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:23
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:40
- 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 07:14 – 02:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:30 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:47 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Char | 11:03 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:09 – 17:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:25 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:09 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:47 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 06:47 next day Scorpio
- 06:47 – 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