Houston panchang, 15 March 2025
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 19:28 Moonrise 20:58 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:31 to 19:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:29
- 17:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:28 to 07:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:28 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:54 – 06:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:28 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:15 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 04:18 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:31 – 01:15 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:15 – 07:30 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. 05:55 – 06:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:06 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:28 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:28 – 20:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 06:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:30 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
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:55 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:31 Aquarius
- 07:31 – 08:55 Pisces
- 08:55 – 10:29 Aries
- 10:29 – 12:24 Taurus
- 12:24 – 14:39 Gemini
- 14:39 – 17:01 Cancer
- 17:01 – 19:19 Leo
- 19:19 – 21:37 Virgo
- 21:37 – 23:57 Libra
- 23:57 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 06:01 next day Capricorn
- 06:01 – 07:28 next day Aquarius
- 07:28 – 07:30 next day Pisces
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