Houston panchang, 30 April 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 08:49 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 19:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:58
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
19:57 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:54 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 03:50 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:04
- Karana Vanija until 14:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 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. 05:14 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:57 – 22:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 03:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:54 Pisces
- 05:54 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 14:00 Cancer
- 14:00 – 16:18 Leo
- 16:18 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 23:15 Scorpio
- 23:15 – 01:19 next day Sagittarius
- 01:19 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:27 next day Aquarius
- 04:27 – 05:50 next day Pisces
- 05:50 – 06:39 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