Houston panchang, 12 April 2025
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 19:46 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 19:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:10 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:47
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:34
- 07:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 10:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:45 to 06:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:45 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:10
- Karana Bava until 19:22, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 10:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:09 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:34
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:58 – 07:37
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:37 – 06:57 next day
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. 05:28 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 10:10 | Good |
| Rog | 10:10 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:09 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:33 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 07:05 Pisces
- 07:05 – 08:39 Aries
- 08:39 – 10:34 Taurus
- 10:34 – 12:49 Gemini
- 12:49 – 15:10 Cancer
- 15:10 – 17:29 Leo
- 17:29 – 19:46 Virgo
- 19:46 – 22:07 Libra
- 22:07 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:30 next day Sagittarius
- 02:30 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 06:57 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