Houston panchang, 20 August 2025
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 04:00 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 15:02
- 07:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 08:05 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:55 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:55 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:15 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:43
- Karana Gara until 14:49, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 08:05 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:43 – 05:44 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:15 – 13:47 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. 05:25 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:55 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:39 Cancer
- 06:39 – 08:58 Leo
- 08:58 – 11:15 Virgo
- 11:15 – 13:36 Libra
- 13:36 – 15:55 Scorpio
- 15:55 – 17:59 Sagittarius
- 17:59 – 19:40 Capricorn
- 19:40 – 21:06 Aquarius
- 21:06 – 22:30 Pisces
- 22:30 – 00:04 next day Aries
- 00:04 – 01:59 next day Taurus
- 01:59 – 04:14 next day Gemini
- 04:14 – 06:35 next day Cancer
- 06:35 – 06:53 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