Houston panchang, 21 February 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 01:52 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam 11:10 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 16:49
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:14 to 06:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:10 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:49 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:10 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 00:25 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:14, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:10 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:25 – 01:37 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:56 – 06:10 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. 05:14 – 06:05
- 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 18:14 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:56 – 08:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:45 – 11:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:10 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:34 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:09 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:20 – 06:55 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
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 06:32 Capricorn
- 06:32 – 07:58 Aquarius
- 07:58 – 09:22 Pisces
- 09:22 – 10:56 Aries
- 10:56 – 12:51 Taurus
- 12:51 – 15:06 Gemini
- 15:06 – 17:27 Cancer
- 17:27 – 19:46 Leo
- 19:46 – 22:03 Virgo
- 22:03 – 00:24 next day Libra
- 00:24 – 02:43 next day Scorpio
- 02:43 – 04:46 next day Sagittarius
- 04:46 – 06:28 next day Capricorn
- 06:28 – 06:55 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