Houston panchang, 17 April 2025
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:48 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:13
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:48 to 06:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:37 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 14:20
- Karana Kaulava until 17:49, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 12:03
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:20 – 02:26 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:13
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. 05:24 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 22:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:30 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:11 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:45 Pisces
- 06:45 – 08:20 Aries
- 08:20 – 10:15 Taurus
- 10:15 – 12:30 Gemini
- 12:30 – 14:51 Cancer
- 14:51 – 17:09 Leo
- 17:09 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 21:47 Libra
- 21:47 – 00:07 next day Scorpio
- 00:07 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 03:52 next day Capricorn
- 03:52 – 05:18 next day Aquarius
- 05:18 – 06:42 next day Pisces
- 06:42 – 06:52 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