Houston panchang, 28 March 2025
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 06:44 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 19:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:33
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:40
- Yamaganda 16:31 – 18:04
- 09:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:36 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
19:36 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 09:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 15:36
- Karana Shakuni until 09:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:36 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:04
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. 05:42 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:01 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:16 – 08:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:20 – 05:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:47 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:48 Gemini
- 13:48 – 16:09 Cancer
- 16:09 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 20:45 Virgo
- 20:45 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:25 next day Scorpio
- 01:25 – 03:29 next day Sagittarius
- 03:29 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:36 next day Aquarius
- 06:36 – 07:15 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