Houston panchang, 16 May 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:07 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 20:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:39
- Yamaganda 16:42 – 18:24
- 18:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:07 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:44
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:14 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:38
- Karana Balava until 18:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 18:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:24
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. 05:05 – 05:47
- 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 20:07 – 22:11
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:35 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Char | 18:24 – 20:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:26 Aries
- 06:26 – 08:21 Taurus
- 08:21 – 10:36 Gemini
- 10:36 – 12:57 Cancer
- 12:57 – 15:15 Leo
- 15:15 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 19:53 Libra
- 19:53 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 01:58 next day Capricorn
- 01:58 – 03:24 next day Aquarius
- 03:24 – 04:48 next day Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:22 next day Aries
- 06:22 – 06:28 next day Taurus
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