Houston panchang, 9 April 2025
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 17:06 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 19:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:58
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:44 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 12:26
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:54 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 07:55
- Karana Balava until 12:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:22 – 11:35
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. 05:31 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:02 – 12:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:54 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:01 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
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 05:53 Aquarius
- 05:53 – 07:17 Pisces
- 07:17 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 10:46 Taurus
- 10:46 – 13:01 Gemini
- 13:01 – 15:22 Cancer
- 15:22 – 17:41 Leo
- 17:41 – 19:58 Virgo
- 19:58 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:38 next day Scorpio
- 00:38 – 02:42 next day Sagittarius
- 02:42 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
- 05:49 – 07:01 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