Houston panchang, 24 April 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 04:39 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 19:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:15
- 14:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:55 Moon enters Pisces
Night
19:53 to 06:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:53 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:15 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 02:00 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:43, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:55 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:08 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:00 – 22:11 next day
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 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:53 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:24 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:14 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:23 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:18 Pisces
- 06:18 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:47 Taurus
- 09:47 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 18:59 Virgo
- 18:59 – 21:20 Libra
- 21:20 – 23:39 Scorpio
- 23:39 – 01:43 next day Sagittarius
- 01:43 – 03:24 next day Capricorn
- 03:24 – 04:50 next day Aquarius
- 04:50 – 06:14 next day Pisces
- 06:14 – 06:45 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