Houston panchang, 5 February 2025
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 11:39 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:14 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 13:57
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:46 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:01 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:06
- Nakshatra Bharani until 09:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 09:48
- Karana Bava until 13:06, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:57
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:09 – 09:03
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. 05:24 – 06:17
- 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 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:03 – 07:08 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:03 – 07:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:03 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:14 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:08 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
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:53 Sagittarius
- 05:53 – 07:35 Capricorn
- 07:35 – 09:01 Aquarius
- 09:01 – 10:25 Pisces
- 10:25 – 11:59 Aries
- 11:59 – 13:54 Taurus
- 13:54 – 16:09 Gemini
- 16:09 – 18:30 Cancer
- 18:30 – 20:48 Leo
- 20:48 – 23:06 Virgo
- 23:06 – 01:27 next day Libra
- 01:27 – 03:46 next day Scorpio
- 03:46 – 05:49 next day Sagittarius
- 05:49 – 07:08 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