Houston panchang, 5 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 11:18 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 17:35- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 12:27 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:35
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:35 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 08:45
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 08:48 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 17:20
- Karana Taitila until 08:45, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:35
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:20 – 03:57 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:54 – 17:56 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) 12:06 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 08:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:48 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 09:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:52 – 11:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:10 – 12:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:27 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:35 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:27 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:51 Scorpio
- 05:51 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 09:37 Capricorn
- 09:37 – 11:03 Aquarius
- 11:03 – 12:27 Pisces
- 12:27 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:11 Gemini
- 18:11 – 20:32 Cancer
- 20:32 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 01:08 next day Virgo
- 01:08 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 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