Houston panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 00:06 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 19:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:42
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:08 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
19:59 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:59 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:05
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 17:58
- Karana Kaulava until 11:05, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:08 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:59 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:58 – 21:34
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. 05:24 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:59 – 22:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:05 – 06:51 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 18:08 – 06:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:08 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:29 – 10:08 | Good |
| Rog | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:30 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:55 Cancer
- 06:55 – 09:14 Leo
- 09:14 – 11:31 Virgo
- 11:31 – 13:52 Libra
- 13:52 – 16:11 Scorpio
- 16:11 – 18:14 Sagittarius
- 18:14 – 19:56 Capricorn
- 19:56 – 21:22 Aquarius
- 21:22 – 22:46 Pisces
- 22:46 – 00:20 next day Aries
- 00:20 – 02:15 next day Taurus
- 02:15 – 04:30 next day Gemini
- 04:30 – 06:51 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