Houston panchang, 8 August 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 20:05 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 20:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:46
- Yamaganda 16:47 – 18:27
- 15:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
20:07 to 06:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:55 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:53 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:38
- Karana Vishti until 15:22, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:27
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. 05:21 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:07 – 22:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 03:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:55 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Char | 18:27 – 20:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 06:47 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
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:27 Cancer
- 07:27 – 09:45 Leo
- 09:45 – 12:03 Virgo
- 12:03 – 14:23 Libra
- 14:23 – 16:42 Scorpio
- 16:42 – 18:46 Sagittarius
- 18:46 – 20:27 Capricorn
- 20:27 – 21:54 Aquarius
- 21:54 – 23:17 Pisces
- 23:17 – 00:51 next day Aries
- 00:51 – 02:46 next day Taurus
- 02:46 – 05:01 next day Gemini
- 05:01 – 06:47 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