Houston panchang, 20 January 2025
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:47 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 13:51 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:41
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:47 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:33 Moon enters Libra
- 01:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:10 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 15:22
- Karana Vishti until 11:48, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:33 Moon enters Libra
- 01:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:41
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:00 – 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 17:47 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 09:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:32 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Char | 13:51 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:56 Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 11:28 Pisces
- 11:28 – 13:02 Aries
- 13:02 – 14:57 Taurus
- 14:57 – 17:12 Gemini
- 17:12 – 19:33 Cancer
- 19:33 – 21:51 Leo
- 21:51 – 00:09 next day Virgo
- 00:09 – 02:29 next day Libra
- 02:29 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:52 next day Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 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