Houston panchang, 28 April 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 07:04 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 19:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:17
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:23 Moon enters Taurus
Night
19:55 to 06:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:55 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 10:41
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:32
- Karana Bava until 10:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:17
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. 05:16 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:55 – 22:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:21 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:55 | Good |
| Char | 19:55 – 21:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:20 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 07:36 Aries
- 07:36 – 09:31 Taurus
- 09:31 – 11:46 Gemini
- 11:46 – 14:08 Cancer
- 14:08 – 16:26 Leo
- 16:26 – 18:44 Virgo
- 18:44 – 21:04 Libra
- 21:04 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 04:35 next day Aquarius
- 04:35 – 05:58 next day Pisces
- 05:58 – 06:41 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