Houston panchang, 12 May 2025
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 20:28 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 20:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:12 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:36 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:22
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:57 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
20:04 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:04 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 11:55
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 19:22
- Karana Bava until 11:55, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:57 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:22
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:22 – 07:43 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. 05:07 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:04 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:39 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:12 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 20:04 | Good |
| Char | 20:04 – 21:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:12 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:07 Pisces
- 05:07 – 06:41 Aries
- 06:41 – 08:36 Taurus
- 08:36 – 10:51 Gemini
- 10:51 – 13:13 Cancer
- 13:13 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 20:09 Libra
- 20:09 – 22:28 Scorpio
- 22:28 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 05:03 next day Pisces
- 05:03 – 06:30 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