Houston panchang, 5 March 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 10:22 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:33 – 14:00
- 11:37 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:22 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:21 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 23:21
- Nakshatra Krittika until 13:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 11:37
- Karana Gara until 12:18, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:37 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:36 – 11:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:37 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:00
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. 05:04 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 13:38
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:43 – 13:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 13:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:43 – 23:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:38 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:33 | Good |
| Rog | 12:33 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:45 Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:11 Aquarius
- 07:11 – 08:35 Pisces
- 08:35 – 10:09 Aries
- 10:09 – 12:04 Taurus
- 12:04 – 14:19 Gemini
- 14:19 – 16:40 Cancer
- 16:40 – 18:58 Leo
- 18:58 – 21:16 Virgo
- 21:16 – 23:36 Libra
- 23:36 – 01:56 next day Scorpio
- 01:56 – 03:59 next day Sagittarius
- 03:59 – 05:41 next day Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:42 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