Houston panchang, 4 May 2025
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 13:06 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 19:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:38 – 18:19
- Durmuhurta 18:12 – 19:06
- Rahu Kalam 18:19 – 19:59
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
19:59 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:31 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:06
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 14:11
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:31 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:12 – 19:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:19 – 19:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:58 – 03:07 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 – 05:54
- 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 19:59 – 22:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:31 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:17 – 09:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:57 – 11:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:38 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:39 Pisces
- 05:39 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:08 Taurus
- 09:08 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:44 Cancer
- 13:44 – 16:02 Leo
- 16:02 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 23:00 Scorpio
- 23:00 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:45 next day Capricorn
- 02:45 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:35 next day Pisces
- 05:35 – 06:36 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