Houston panchang, 17 August 2025
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 00:55 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 19:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 15:03
- Gulika Kalam 16:42 – 18:20
- Durmuhurta 18:13 – 19:06
- Rahu Kalam 18:20 – 19:58
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 19:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:58 to 06:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:10 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:54
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 15:10
- Karana Gara until 08:54, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 19:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:10 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:13 – 19:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:20 – 19:58
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 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:09
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:30 – 10:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 06:52 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 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:51 Cancer
- 06:51 – 09:10 Leo
- 09:10 – 11:27 Virgo
- 11:27 – 13:48 Libra
- 13:48 – 16:07 Scorpio
- 16:07 – 18:11 Sagittarius
- 18:11 – 19:52 Capricorn
- 19:52 – 21:18 Aquarius
- 21:18 – 22:42 Pisces
- 22:42 – 00:16 next day Aries
- 00:16 – 02:11 next day Taurus
- 02:11 – 04:26 next day Gemini
- 04:26 – 06:47 next day Cancer
- 06:47 – 06:52 next day Leo
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