Houston panchang, 21 March 2025
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 01:40 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 19:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:52
- Durmuhurta 13:52 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:30 – 18:01
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:32 to 07:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:48 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 17:54
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 15:15 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 08:11
- Karana Bava until 17:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:11 – 08:06 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:52 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:24 – 15:15
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. 05:49 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 15:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:24 – 08:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:32 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:23 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
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:49 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 08:32 Pisces
- 08:32 – 10:06 Aries
- 10:06 – 12:01 Taurus
- 12:01 – 14:16 Gemini
- 14:16 – 16:37 Cancer
- 16:37 – 18:55 Leo
- 18:55 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 01:53 next day Scorpio
- 01:53 – 03:56 next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 – 05:38 next day Capricorn
- 05:38 – 07:04 next day Aquarius
- 07:04 – 07:23 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