Houston panchang, 8 May 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 16:48 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 20:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:03 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:20
- 10:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
20:02 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 04:26 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 10:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 15:26
- Karana Bava until 15:11, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:03 – 11:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:26 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:34 – 10:36
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. 05:09 – 05:51
- 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 20:02 – 22:08
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:15 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Char | 11:37 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 20:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:21 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:55 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 08:52 Taurus
- 08:52 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:28 Cancer
- 13:28 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 18:04 Virgo
- 18:04 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 03:55 next day Aquarius
- 03:55 – 05:19 next day Pisces
- 05:19 – 06:33 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