Houston panchang, 21 August 2025
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 05:07 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 19:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:18
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
19:54 to 06:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:26 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 04:05 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:15 – 13:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:05 – 15:27 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. 05:26 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:54 – 22:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:53 – 13:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 13:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:26 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:31 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:09 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:17 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:31 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:35 Cancer
- 06:35 – 08:54 Leo
- 08:54 – 11:11 Virgo
- 11:11 – 13:32 Libra
- 13:32 – 15:51 Scorpio
- 15:51 – 17:55 Sagittarius
- 17:55 – 19:36 Capricorn
- 19:36 – 21:02 Aquarius
- 21:02 – 22:26 Pisces
- 22:26 – 00:00 next day Aries
- 00:00 – 01:55 next day Taurus
- 01:55 – 04:10 next day Gemini
- 04:10 – 06:31 next day Cancer
- 06:31 – 06:54 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