Houston panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 08:58 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:42
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:32 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 03:27 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:27 – 04:39 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. 05:27 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 14:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 09:52 Capricorn
- 09:52 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 12:42 Pisces
- 12:42 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 23:06 Leo
- 23:06 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 07:18 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