Houston panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 00:51 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 20:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam 16:43 – 18:25
- Durmuhurta 18:19 – 19:13
- Rahu Kalam 18:25 – 20:08
- 07:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:08 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:42
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 19:22
- Karana Gara until 07:39, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:19 – 19:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:25 – 20:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:24 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:22 – 03:26 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. 05:05 – 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 20:08 – 22:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 08:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:22 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:10 – 09:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:52 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:43 | Good |
| Rog | 16:43 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:18 Aries
- 06:18 – 08:13 Taurus
- 08:13 – 10:28 Gemini
- 10:28 – 12:49 Cancer
- 12:49 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 19:45 Libra
- 19:45 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:08 next day Sagittarius
- 00:08 – 01:50 next day Capricorn
- 01:50 – 03:16 next day Aquarius
- 03:16 – 04:40 next day Pisces
- 04:40 – 06:14 next day Aries
- 06:14 – 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