Houston panchang, 12 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 16:29 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 17:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 12:30 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:23 – 17:41
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:41 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:08 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 17:33
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:08 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 19:14
- Karana Vanija until 17:33, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:14 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:08 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 17:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:14 – 17:08 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) 12:09 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 23:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:30 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:23 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:23 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:30 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 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
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 05:02 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)
- 05:29 – 07:28 Sagittarius
- 07:28 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 10:35 Aquarius
- 10:35 – 11:59 Pisces
- 11:59 – 13:33 Aries
- 13:33 – 15:28 Taurus
- 15:28 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:23 Leo
- 22:23 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 03:01 next day Libra
- 03:01 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 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