Houston panchang, 17 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 21:35 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 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:13 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:26
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:45 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:00
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:21 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:26
- Karana Balava until 18:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:26
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 17:45 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 03:21 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 03:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:13 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:31 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:26 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:08 Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 08:49 Capricorn
- 08:49 – 10:16 Aquarius
- 10:16 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:14 Aries
- 13:14 – 15:09 Taurus
- 15:09 – 17:23 Gemini
- 17:23 – 19:45 Cancer
- 19:45 – 22:03 Leo
- 22:03 – 00:21 next day Virgo
- 00:21 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:04 next day Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 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