Houston panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 23:32 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:58
- 13:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
19:48 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:53 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:48
- Karana Bava until 15:53, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:02 – 13:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 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. 05:25 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 22:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:54 – 19:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 19:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 05:26 Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:49 Pisces
- 06:49 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:19 Taurus
- 10:19 – 12:33 Gemini
- 12:33 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 17:13 Leo
- 17:13 – 19:31 Virgo
- 19:31 – 21:51 Libra
- 21:51 – 00:10 next day Scorpio
- 00:10 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 06:45 next day Pisces
- 06:45 – 06:53 next day Aries
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