Houston panchang, 28 March 2029
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 18:24 Chaitra (adhika) month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 19:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:59
- 15:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:36 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 01:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 19:43
- Karana Gara until 15:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:59
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. 05:42 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:01 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 16:03
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:48 Gemini
- 13:48 – 16:10 Cancer
- 16:10 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:25 next day Scorpio
- 01:25 – 03:29 next day Sagittarius
- 03:29 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:36 next day Aquarius
- 06:36 – 07:15 next day Pisces
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method