Houston panchang, 2 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 09:39 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 17:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta 10:43 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:30
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:38 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:33 to 07:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:38
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 01:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:38, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:17 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:43 – 11:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:55 – 12:10 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. 05:28 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:40 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:35 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Char | 11:08 – 12:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:25 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:33 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:16 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:25 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:09 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:07 Sagittarius
- 08:07 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:07 Taurus
- 16:07 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 23:02 Leo
- 23:02 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 03:40 next day Libra
- 03:40 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 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