Houston panchang, 27 August 2025
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 10:56 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 19:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:58
- 08:51 Moon enters Libra
- 18:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:48 to 06:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:27 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 02:48 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Moon enters Libra
- 18:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:58
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. 05:28 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 22:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:13 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 06:57 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
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:12 Cancer
- 06:12 – 08:30 Leo
- 08:30 – 10:48 Virgo
- 10:48 – 13:08 Libra
- 13:08 – 15:28 Scorpio
- 15:28 – 17:31 Sagittarius
- 17:31 – 19:13 Capricorn
- 19:13 – 20:39 Aquarius
- 20:39 – 22:03 Pisces
- 22:03 – 23:37 Aries
- 23:37 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:47 next day Gemini
- 03:47 – 06:08 next day Cancer
- 06:08 – 06:57 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