Houston panchang, 6 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 11:49 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 17:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 11:10 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:32
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:36 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:20 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:57 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 07:36 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 14:35
- Karana Vishti until 17:56, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:20 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:54 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:32
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. 05:29 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:10 | Good |
| Rog | 11:10 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:27 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:36 | Good |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:27 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:18 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 07:51 Sagittarius
- 07:51 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:23 Pisces
- 12:23 – 13:57 Aries
- 13:57 – 15:52 Taurus
- 15:52 – 18:07 Gemini
- 18:07 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 01:04 next day Virgo
- 01:04 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 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