Houston panchang, 29 January 2025
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 07:34 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:14 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 13:55
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:41 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:55 to 07:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:03 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 07:05 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:41 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:45 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:51
- Karana Kimstughna until 17:41, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:03 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 07:05 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:51 – 07:03 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:45 – 07:13 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. 05:27 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:41 – 07:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:14 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:13 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
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:21 Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 08:02 Capricorn
- 08:02 – 09:28 Aquarius
- 09:28 – 10:52 Pisces
- 10:52 – 12:26 Aries
- 12:26 – 14:21 Taurus
- 14:21 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 18:57 Cancer
- 18:57 – 21:16 Leo
- 21:16 – 23:33 Virgo
- 23:33 – 01:54 next day Libra
- 01:54 – 04:13 next day Scorpio
- 04:13 – 06:17 next day Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 07:13 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