Houston panchang, 7 May 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 15:55 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 20:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:59
- 07:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:27 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
20:01 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:59 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:47 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 14:34
- Karana Vanija until 12:52, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:27 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:52 – 14:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:59
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. 05:10 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:01 – 22:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 07:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:59 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:20 – 20:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:27 Pisces
- 05:27 – 07:01 Aries
- 07:01 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:11 Gemini
- 11:11 – 13:32 Cancer
- 13:32 – 15:51 Leo
- 15:51 – 18:08 Virgo
- 18:08 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:48 Scorpio
- 22:48 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:23 next day Pisces
- 05:23 – 06:34 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