Houston panchang, 18 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 22:29 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 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:09
- 09:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:46 to 07:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:00 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:46
- Karana Taitila until 20:01, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:13
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:46 – 16:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 06:00 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 07:17 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 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:13 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Char | 12:32 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:17 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 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 08:45 Capricorn
- 08:45 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 13:10 Aries
- 13:10 – 15:05 Taurus
- 15:05 – 17:19 Gemini
- 17:19 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 00:17 next day Virgo
- 00:17 – 02:37 next day Libra
- 02:37 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 07:00 next day Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 07:17 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