Houston panchang, 17 February 2025
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 23:00 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 18:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 11:11 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 15:56
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:11 to 06:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 22:21 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:23
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:05 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 22:21
- Karana Taitila until 17:23, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 22:21 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 15:56
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:59 – 20:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 07:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:59 – 08:36
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 – 06:08
- 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 18:11 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:05 – 06:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:47 – 11:11 | Good |
| Rog | 11:11 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:11 | Good |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:11 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 06:58 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
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:47 Capricorn
- 06:47 – 08:14 Aquarius
- 08:14 – 09:37 Pisces
- 09:37 – 11:12 Aries
- 11:12 – 13:07 Taurus
- 13:07 – 15:22 Gemini
- 15:22 – 17:43 Cancer
- 17:43 – 20:01 Leo
- 20:01 – 22:19 Virgo
- 22:19 – 00:39 next day Libra
- 00:39 – 02:58 next day Scorpio
- 02:58 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
- 05:02 – 06:44 next day Capricorn
- 06:44 – 06:58 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