Houston panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 19:31 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 19:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:28
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 14:59
- 10:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:31 to 07:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:50 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:07
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 10:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 07:49 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:07, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:05 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
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. 05:51 – 06:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:31 – 21:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:20 – 07:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:20 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 05:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:25 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
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:51 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:40 Pisces
- 08:40 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:09 Taurus
- 12:09 – 14:24 Gemini
- 14:24 – 16:45 Cancer
- 16:45 – 19:03 Leo
- 19:03 – 21:21 Virgo
- 21:21 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:46 next day Capricorn
- 05:46 – 07:12 next day Aquarius
- 07:12 – 07:25 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