Houston panchang, 3 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 10:14 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 17:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:17
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:10 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:34 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:21 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 22:38
- Karana Vishti until 12:10, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:21 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:55 – 12:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:38 – 20:02 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 17:34 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 10:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:26 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:26 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:09 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 09:44 Capricorn
- 09:44 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:34 Pisces
- 12:34 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:18 Gemini
- 18:18 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 01:16 next day Virgo
- 01:16 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 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