Houston panchang, 21 April 2025
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 02:53 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 19:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:14
- 08:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
19:51 to 06:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:51 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:29
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:14 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:30
- Karana Kaulava until 08:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:14
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. 05:21 – 06:05
- 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 19:51 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:49 – 02:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:49 – 02:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:26 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:51 | Good |
| Char | 19:51 – 21:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:26 – 06:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:04 Aries
- 08:04 – 09:59 Taurus
- 09:59 – 12:14 Gemini
- 12:14 – 14:35 Cancer
- 14:35 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 19:11 Virgo
- 19:11 – 21:32 Libra
- 21:32 – 23:51 Scorpio
- 23:51 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 03:36 next day Capricorn
- 03:36 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:26 next day Pisces
- 06:26 – 06:48 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