Houston panchang, 17 March 2025
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 22:47 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:29 to 19:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:29
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:06
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:30 to 07:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:52 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 07:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:03
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:13 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:03, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 07:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:06
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. 05:53 – 06:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:05 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:30 | Good |
| Char | 19:30 – 20:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 05:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:58 – 07:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:53 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:24 Aquarius
- 07:24 – 08:47 Pisces
- 08:47 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:17 Taurus
- 12:17 – 14:31 Gemini
- 14:31 – 16:53 Cancer
- 16:53 – 19:11 Leo
- 19:11 – 21:29 Virgo
- 21:29 – 23:49 Libra
- 23:49 – 02:08 next day Scorpio
- 02:08 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:53 next day Capricorn
- 05:53 – 07:20 next day Aquarius
- 07:20 – 07:28 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