Houston panchang, 20 February 2025
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 00:54 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 18:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam 09:46 – 11:10
- Durmuhurta 10:42 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam 13:59 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 15:58
- 11:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:13 to 06:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:28 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:24 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 00:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:42 – 11:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 15:58
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 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 18:13 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:57 – 04:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:21 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:46 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Char | 11:10 – 12:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:35 – 13:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:59 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:34 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:10 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:20 – 06:56 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
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 06:36 Capricorn
- 06:36 – 08:02 Aquarius
- 08:02 – 09:26 Pisces
- 09:26 – 11:00 Aries
- 11:00 – 12:55 Taurus
- 12:55 – 15:10 Gemini
- 15:10 – 17:31 Cancer
- 17:31 – 19:49 Leo
- 19:49 – 22:07 Virgo
- 22:07 – 00:28 next day Libra
- 00:28 – 02:47 next day Scorpio
- 02:47 – 04:50 next day Sagittarius
- 04:50 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
- 06:32 – 06:56 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