Houston panchang, 14 May 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 22:23 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 20:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:59
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:05 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:37 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:59
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:37 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 20:31
- Karana Gara until 15:59, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:31 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:37 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 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. 05:06 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:05 – 22:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 15:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:23 – 20:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:33 Aries
- 06:33 – 08:29 Taurus
- 08:29 – 10:43 Gemini
- 10:43 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 15:23 Leo
- 15:23 – 17:41 Virgo
- 17:41 – 20:01 Libra
- 20:01 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:24 next day Sagittarius
- 00:24 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:29 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