Houston panchang, 21 July 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 03:00 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 20:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:34
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 09:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
20:19 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 05:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:36
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:08
- Karana Kaulava until 09:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 09:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 05:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:02 – 08:38 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. 05:13 – 05:54
- 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 20:19 – 22:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 10:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:37 – 06:36 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:37 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:18 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:36 – 20:19 | Good |
| Char | 20:19 – 21:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:36 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:53 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:19 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:16 Gemini
- 06:16 – 08:37 Cancer
- 08:37 – 10:56 Leo
- 10:56 – 13:13 Virgo
- 13:13 – 15:34 Libra
- 15:34 – 17:53 Scorpio
- 17:53 – 19:57 Sagittarius
- 19:57 – 21:38 Capricorn
- 21:38 – 23:04 Aquarius
- 23:04 – 00:28 next day Pisces
- 00:28 – 02:02 next day Aries
- 02:02 – 03:57 next day Taurus
- 03:57 – 06:12 next day Gemini
- 06:12 – 06:36 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