Houston panchang, 16 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 20:40 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 17:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta 10:47 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:39
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:44 to 07:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 16:36
- Nakshatra Magha until 01:15 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 13:35
- Karana Vishti until 16:36, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:09 – 16:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:47 – 11:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:39
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) 12:10 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Char | 11:13 – 12:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:31 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 17:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:44 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:26 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 08:53 Capricorn
- 08:53 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:43 Pisces
- 11:43 – 13:17 Aries
- 13:17 – 15:12 Taurus
- 15:12 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 22:07 Leo
- 22:07 – 00:25 next day Virgo
- 00:25 – 02:45 next day Libra
- 02:45 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 07:08 next day Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 07:18 next day Capricorn
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