Houston panchang, 23 March 2025
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 03:28 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 19:33- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:30 – 18:02
- Durmuhurta 17:56 – 18:45
- Rahu Kalam 18:02 – 19:33
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:08 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:33 to 07:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:14 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:08
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 07:28
- Karana Gara until 19:08, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:14 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:28 – 18:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:56 – 18:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:02 – 19:33
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. 05:47 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:48 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:22 – 08:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:53 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:21 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
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 08:24 Pisces
- 08:24 – 09:58 Aries
- 09:58 – 11:53 Taurus
- 11:53 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:29 Cancer
- 16:29 – 18:48 Leo
- 18:48 – 21:05 Virgo
- 21:05 – 23:26 Libra
- 23:26 – 01:45 next day Scorpio
- 01:45 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:56 next day Aquarius
- 06:56 – 07:21 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