Houston panchang, 16 March 2025
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 21:52 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:30 to 19:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam 16:29 – 17:59
- Durmuhurta 17:53 – 18:41
- Rahu Kalam 17:59 – 19:29
- 14:45 Moon enters Libra
Night
19:29 to 07:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:53 – 06:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:03 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:17 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 05:15 next day
- Karana Vanija until 19:45, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:45 Moon enters Libra
- 19:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:53 – 18:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:59 – 19:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 08:51 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. 05:54 – 06:42
- 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 19:29 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 09:00 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:29 – 20:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 05:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:29 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
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:54 – 06:01 Capricorn
- 06:01 – 07:28 Aquarius
- 07:28 – 08:51 Pisces
- 08:51 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:20 Taurus
- 12:20 – 14:35 Gemini
- 14:35 – 16:57 Cancer
- 16:57 – 19:15 Leo
- 19:15 – 21:33 Virgo
- 21:33 – 23:53 Libra
- 23:53 – 02:12 next day Scorpio
- 02:12 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 05:57 next day Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:24 next day Aquarius
- 07:24 – 07:29 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