Houston panchang, 9 January 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 13:41 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 17:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta 10:45 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:34
- 09:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:38 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 22:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 02:15 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 03:06 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:51, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:45 – 11:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:34
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:15 – 07:19 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Char | 11:11 – 12:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:28 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:38 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:28 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:11 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:39 Sagittarius
- 07:39 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:47 Aquarius
- 10:47 – 12:11 Pisces
- 12:11 – 13:45 Aries
- 13:45 – 15:40 Taurus
- 15:40 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 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