Houston panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 12:59 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:28 – 13:45
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:37 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:53 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:37 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 08:53
- Karana Taitila until 13:54, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:45
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:19 – 03:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:12 – 06:10 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. 05:29 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:19 – 03:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:37 – 07:19 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:37 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:28 | Good |
| Rog | 12:28 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 12:15 Pisces
- 12:15 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:59 Gemini
- 17:59 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 22:39 Leo
- 22:39 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:17 next day Libra
- 03:17 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:19 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