Houston panchang, 20 March 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 00:42 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 19:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:06
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:01 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:15 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:32 to 07:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:15
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 13:01 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 07:49
- Karana Vanija until 16:15, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:01 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:16
- Rahu 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. 05:50 – 06:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 13:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:01 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:01 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:24 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
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:50 – 07:12 Aquarius
- 07:12 – 08:36 Pisces
- 08:36 – 10:10 Aries
- 10:10 – 12:05 Taurus
- 12:05 – 14:20 Gemini
- 14:20 – 16:41 Cancer
- 16:41 – 18:59 Leo
- 18:59 – 21:17 Virgo
- 21:17 – 23:37 Libra
- 23:37 – 01:57 next day Scorpio
- 01:57 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:42 next day Capricorn
- 05:42 – 07:08 next day Aquarius
- 07:08 – 07:24 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