Houston panchang, 3 May 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 12:03 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:38
- 08:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
19:58 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 15:10
- Karana Gara until 08:59, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:10 – 17:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:51 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. 05:12 – 05:55
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:38 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:37 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:12 Taurus
- 09:12 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:48 Cancer
- 13:48 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:44 Libra
- 20:44 – 23:04 Scorpio
- 23:04 – 01:07 next day Sagittarius
- 01:07 – 02:49 next day Capricorn
- 02:49 – 04:15 next day Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:39 next day Pisces
- 05:39 – 06:37 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