Houston panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 00:29 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 19:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:35 – 18:12
- 14:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:19 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:49 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:49 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:52 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 14:33
- Karana Gara until 19:19, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:12
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. 05:23 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 22:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:52 – 06:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:51 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:52 – 08:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:29 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:28 – 06:51 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
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 08:16 Aries
- 08:16 – 10:11 Taurus
- 10:11 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:47 Cancer
- 14:47 – 17:05 Leo
- 17:05 – 19:23 Virgo
- 19:23 – 21:43 Libra
- 21:43 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 03:48 next day Capricorn
- 03:48 – 05:14 next day Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:38 next day Pisces
- 06:38 – 06:51 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