Houston panchang, 2 April 2025
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 10:06 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 19:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:58
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:19 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
19:39 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:20
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:19
- Karana Balava until 13:20, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:19 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:58
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. 05:38 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:32 – 07:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:32 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:09 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
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 06:21 Aquarius
- 06:21 – 07:44 Pisces
- 07:44 – 09:19 Aries
- 09:19 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:29 Gemini
- 13:29 – 15:50 Cancer
- 15:50 – 18:08 Leo
- 18:08 – 20:26 Virgo
- 20:26 – 22:46 Libra
- 22:46 – 01:05 next day Scorpio
- 01:05 – 03:09 next day Sagittarius
- 03:09 – 04:51 next day Capricorn
- 04:51 – 06:17 next day Aquarius
- 06:17 – 07:09 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