Houston panchang, 17 May 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 00:07 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:42
- 07:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:28 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:07 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 19:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 20:12
- Karana Kaulava until 07:09, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:42
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 – 05:46
- 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
| Kaal | 06:28 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:10 – 09:53 | Good |
| Rog | 09:53 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:25 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:22 Aries
- 06:22 – 08:17 Taurus
- 08:17 – 10:32 Gemini
- 10:32 – 12:53 Cancer
- 12:53 – 15:11 Leo
- 15:11 – 17:29 Virgo
- 17:29 – 19:49 Libra
- 19:49 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:12 next day Sagittarius
- 00:12 – 01:54 next day Capricorn
- 01:54 – 03:20 next day Aquarius
- 03:20 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:18 next day Aries
- 06:18 – 06:27 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