Houston panchang, 19 February 2025
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 18:12 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 13:59
- 09:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:12 to 06:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 22:28
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:03 – 03:39 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 02:00 – 06:57 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. 05:15 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:58 – 02:00 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:58 – 22:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:00 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:22 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 06:40 Capricorn
- 06:40 – 08:06 Aquarius
- 08:06 – 09:30 Pisces
- 09:30 – 11:04 Aries
- 11:04 – 12:59 Taurus
- 12:59 – 15:14 Gemini
- 15:14 – 17:35 Cancer
- 17:35 – 19:53 Leo
- 19:53 – 22:11 Virgo
- 22:11 – 00:31 next day Libra
- 00:31 – 02:51 next day Scorpio
- 02:51 – 04:54 next day Sagittarius
- 04:54 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
- 06:36 – 06:57 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