Houston panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 02:10 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 19:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:35 – 18:13
- Durmuhurta 18:06 – 18:58
- Rahu Kalam 18:13 – 19:50
- 07:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
19:50 to 06:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:50 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 02:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 13:42
- Karana Bava until 08:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:06 – 18:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:13 – 19:50
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. 05:22 – 06:06
- 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 19:50 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 02:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 10:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:05 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:26 – 06:49 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
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:34 Pisces
- 06:34 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:03 Taurus
- 10:03 – 12:18 Gemini
- 12:18 – 14:39 Cancer
- 14:39 – 16:57 Leo
- 16:57 – 19:15 Virgo
- 19:15 – 21:36 Libra
- 21:36 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 01:58 next day Sagittarius
- 01:58 – 03:40 next day Capricorn
- 03:40 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:30 next day Pisces
- 06:30 – 06:49 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