Houston panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 01:51 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 19:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 10:08
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:20
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:57 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 15:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 12:29
- Karana Vishti until 06:53, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:29 – 13:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:20
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. 05:25 – 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 19:57 – 22:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:52 – 15:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 15:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:57 | Good |
| Char | 19:57 – 21:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:30 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:47 Cancer
- 06:47 – 09:06 Leo
- 09:06 – 11:23 Virgo
- 11:23 – 13:44 Libra
- 13:44 – 16:03 Scorpio
- 16:03 – 18:07 Sagittarius
- 18:07 – 19:48 Capricorn
- 19:48 – 21:14 Aquarius
- 21:14 – 22:38 Pisces
- 22:38 – 00:12 next day Aries
- 00:12 – 02:07 next day Taurus
- 02:07 – 04:22 next day Gemini
- 04:22 – 06:43 next day Cancer
- 06:43 – 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