Houston panchang, 18 March 2025
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 23:44 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 19:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:40
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:00
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:30 to 07:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:51 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:36 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 07:07 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 11:39
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 10:20 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 07:07 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:36 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 07:07 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:07 – 08:19 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. 05:52 – 06:40
- 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 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 18:00 | Good |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:30 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:27 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
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:52 – 05:53 Capricorn
- 05:53 – 07:20 Aquarius
- 07:20 – 08:43 Pisces
- 08:43 – 10:18 Aries
- 10:18 – 12:13 Taurus
- 12:13 – 14:28 Gemini
- 14:28 – 16:49 Cancer
- 16:49 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 21:25 Virgo
- 21:25 – 23:45 Libra
- 23:45 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 05:50 next day Capricorn
- 05:50 – 07:16 next day Aquarius
- 07:16 – 07:27 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