Houston panchang, 5 May 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 14:05 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 20:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 11:37 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:19
- 09:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
20:00 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:09
- Nakshatra Magha until 05:22 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:49
- Karana Balava until 09:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:19
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. 05:11 – 05:53
- 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 20:00 – 22:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 20:00 | Good |
| Char | 20:00 – 21:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:16 – 06:35 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:04 Taurus
- 09:04 – 11:19 Gemini
- 11:19 – 13:40 Cancer
- 13:40 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:37 Libra
- 20:37 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 00:59 next day Sagittarius
- 00:59 – 02:41 next day Capricorn
- 02:41 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 06:35 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