Houston panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 18:16 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:35 to 19:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:31 – 15:00
- 11:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
19:27 to 07:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:57 – 06:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:06 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 00:06 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:32 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:21, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:06 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:06 – 12:57 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:32 – 04:32 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. 05:58 – 06:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:07 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:27 – 21:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:35 – 17:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:01 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:32 – 06:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:34 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
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:58 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 09:07 Pisces
- 09:07 – 10:41 Aries
- 10:41 – 12:36 Taurus
- 12:36 – 14:51 Gemini
- 14:51 – 17:12 Cancer
- 17:12 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 21:48 Virgo
- 21:48 – 00:09 next day Libra
- 00:09 – 02:28 next day Scorpio
- 02:28 – 04:32 next day Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 07:34 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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method