Houston panchang, 4 August 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 16:55 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 20:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:29
- 14:01 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:10 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:53 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:42 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:53 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 20:54
- Karana Vanija until 14:01, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:53 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:54 – 20:47 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. 05:19 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:10 – 22:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 00:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:29 – 20:10 | Good |
| Char | 20:10 – 21:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:29 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:25 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:21 Gemini
- 05:21 – 07:42 Cancer
- 07:42 – 10:01 Leo
- 10:01 – 12:18 Virgo
- 12:18 – 14:39 Libra
- 14:39 – 16:58 Scorpio
- 16:58 – 19:02 Sagittarius
- 19:02 – 20:43 Capricorn
- 20:43 – 22:09 Aquarius
- 22:09 – 23:33 Pisces
- 23:33 – 01:07 next day Aries
- 01:07 – 03:02 next day Taurus
- 03:02 – 05:17 next day Gemini
- 05:17 – 06:44 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