Houston panchang, 16 February 2025
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 22:06 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 12:35 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:10
- 14:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:10 to 06:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:32 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:46
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:01 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 21:24
- Karana Balava until 14:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:32 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:10
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:24 – 23:48
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 14:46 – 17:01
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 07:28 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:19 – 06:59 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. 05:17 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:10 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:00 – 14:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 17:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:00 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:24 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:11 – 12:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:35 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:11 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:23 – 06:59 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
- 07:00 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:51 Capricorn
- 06:51 – 08:18 Aquarius
- 08:18 – 09:41 Pisces
- 09:41 – 11:16 Aries
- 11:16 – 13:11 Taurus
- 13:11 – 15:25 Gemini
- 15:25 – 17:47 Cancer
- 17:47 – 20:05 Leo
- 20:05 – 22:23 Virgo
- 22:23 – 00:43 next day Libra
- 00:43 – 03:02 next day Scorpio
- 03:02 – 05:06 next day Sagittarius
- 05:06 – 06:47 next day Capricorn
- 06:47 – 06:59 next day Aquarius
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