Houston panchang, 18 July 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 00:47 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 20:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:50
- Yamaganda 16:54 – 18:37
- 15:44 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
20:21 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 04:12 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 15:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:26
- Karana Taitila until 17:23, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:44 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:37
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:26 – 19:26
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:12 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:14 – 06:34 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. 05:12 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:21 – 22:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 15:44
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 08:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:17 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Char | 18:37 – 20:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:21 – 21:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:37 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:17 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:28 Gemini
- 06:28 – 08:49 Cancer
- 08:49 – 11:08 Leo
- 11:08 – 13:25 Virgo
- 13:25 – 15:46 Libra
- 15:46 – 18:05 Scorpio
- 18:05 – 20:08 Sagittarius
- 20:08 – 21:50 Capricorn
- 21:50 – 23:16 Aquarius
- 23:16 – 00:40 next day Pisces
- 00:40 – 02:14 next day Aries
- 02:14 – 04:09 next day Taurus
- 04:09 – 06:24 next day Gemini
- 06:24 – 06:34 next day Cancer
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