Houston panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 04:06 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 19:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:58
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:13 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:52 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 04:02 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 00:19 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 08:21
- Karana Bava until 17:13, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 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. 05:19 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:52 – 22:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:02 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:47 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 09:51 Taurus
- 09:51 – 12:06 Gemini
- 12:06 – 14:27 Cancer
- 14:27 – 16:46 Leo
- 16:46 – 19:03 Virgo
- 19:03 – 21:24 Libra
- 21:24 – 23:43 Scorpio
- 23:43 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:18 next day Pisces
- 06:18 – 06:46 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