Houston panchang, 1 May 2025
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 09:52 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 19:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:05 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:18
- 11:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
19:57 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:45
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:34 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:08
- Karana Bava until 11:44, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:05 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:18
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:39 – 02:34 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. 05:14 – 05:56
- 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 19:57 – 22:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:39 – 22:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:34 – 06:38 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:34 – 06:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:34 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Char | 11:38 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:17 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:18 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:50 Pisces
- 05:50 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:20 Taurus
- 09:20 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 16:14 Leo
- 16:14 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 20:52 Libra
- 20:52 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 05:47 next day Pisces
- 05:47 – 06:38 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