Houston panchang, 2 May 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 10:58 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 19:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:18 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:38 – 18:18
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:49 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
19:58 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:22
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:49
- Karana Kaulava until 09:57, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:18
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:49 – 18:49
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:04 – 06:38 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. 05:13 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 02:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 02:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 08:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:38 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:21 Aries
- 07:21 – 09:16 Taurus
- 09:16 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 13:52 Cancer
- 13:52 – 16:10 Leo
- 16:10 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 23:08 Scorpio
- 23:08 – 01:11 next day Sagittarius
- 01:11 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:43 next day Pisces
- 05:43 – 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