Houston panchang, 8 March 2025
Sunrise 06:40 CST Sunset 18:24 CST Moonrise 13:13 CST Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 CST to 18:24 CST- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 CST – 08:08 CST
- Durmuhurta 06:40 CST – 07:26 CST
- Durmuhurta 07:26 CST – 08:13 CST
- Rahu Kalam 09:36 CST – 11:04 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 CST – 12:55 CST
- Yamaganda 14:00 CST – 15:28 CST
- 08:27 CST Karana becomes Gara
- 11:58 CST Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:24 CST to 07:38 CDT next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 CST – 20:51 CST
- Brahma Muhurta 06:00 CDT – 06:49 CDT Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 CST Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:15 CST Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:28 CDT next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:15 CDT next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:15 CST
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:58 CST · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 04:28 CDT next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:27 CST, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:27 CST Karana becomes Gara
- 11:58 CST Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:15 CST Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:15 CST Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:28 CDT next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:15 CDT next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 CST – 08:08 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 CST – 07:26 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 CST – 08:13 CST
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 CST – 11:04 CST
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 CST – 15:28 CST
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. 05:01 CST – 05:50 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 CST – 12:55 CST
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 CST – 20:51 CST
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 CST – 07:38 CDT next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 CST – 08:08 CST | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 CST – 09:36 CST | Good |
| Rog | 09:36 CST – 11:04 CST | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:04 CST – 12:32 CST | Bad |
| Char | 12:32 CST – 14:00 CST | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:00 CST – 15:28 CST | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 CST – 16:56 CST | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 CST – 18:24 CST | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 CST – 19:56 CST | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 CST – 21:28 CST | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 CST – 22:59 CST | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 CST – 00:31 CST next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 CST – 03:03 CDT next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 CDT – 04:35 CDT next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 CDT – 06:07 CDT next day | Bad |
| Labh | 06:07 CDT – 07:38 CDT 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
- 06:40 CST NowSaturn
- 07:38 CST NowJupiter
- 08:37 CST NowMars
- 09:36 CST NowSun
- 10:34 CST NowVenus
- 11:33 CST NowMercury
- 12:32 CST NowMoon
- 13:31 CST NowSaturn
- 14:29 CST NowJupiter
- 15:28 CST NowMars
- 16:27 CST NowSun
- 17:25 CST NowVenus
- 18:24 CST NowMercury
- 19:25 CST NowMoon
- 20:26 CST NowSaturn
- 21:28 CST NowJupiter
- 22:29 CST NowMars
- 23:30 CST NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 CST NowVenus
- 01:32 CST NowMercury
- 03:34 CDT NowMoon
- 04:35 CDT NowSaturn
- 05:36 CDT NowJupiter
- 06:37 CDT NowMars
- 06:40 CST NowSaturn
- 07:40 CST NowJupiter
- 08:40 CST NowMars
- 09:40 CST NowSun
- 10:40 CST NowVenus
- 11:40 CST NowMercury
- 12:40 CST NowMoon
- 13:40 CST NowSaturn
- 14:40 CST NowJupiter
- 15:40 CST NowMars
- 16:40 CST NowSun
- 17:40 CST NowVenus
- 18:40 CST NowMercury
- 19:40 CST NowMoon
- 20:40 CST NowSaturn
- 21:40 CST NowJupiter
- 22:40 CST NowMars
- 23:40 CST NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 CST NowVenus
- 01:40 CST NowMercury
- 03:40 CDT NowMoon
- 04:40 CDT NowSaturn
- 05:40 CDT NowJupiter
- 06:40 CDT NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 CST – 05:33 CST Capricorn
- 05:33 CST – 06:59 CST Aquarius
- 06:59 CST – 08:23 CST Pisces
- 08:23 CST – 09:57 CST Aries
- 09:57 CST – 11:52 CST Taurus
- 11:52 CST – 14:07 CST Gemini
- 14:07 CST – 16:28 CST Cancer
- 16:28 CST – 18:47 CST Leo
- 18:47 CST – 21:04 CST Virgo
- 21:04 CST – 23:25 CST Libra
- 23:25 CST – 01:44 CST next day Scorpio
- 01:44 CST – 04:47 CDT next day Sagittarius
- 04:47 CDT – 06:29 CDT next day Capricorn
- 06:29 CDT – 07:38 CDT 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 · each time with its zone, as the clocks change within this day · Method