Houston panchang, 17 September 2025
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:22 Moonrise 02:57 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 19:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:47
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:22 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:22 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:10
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 12:25
- Karana Balava until 13:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:47
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. 05:34 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:22 – 21:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:10 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:08 Leo
- 07:08 – 09:25 Virgo
- 09:25 – 11:46 Libra
- 11:46 – 14:05 Scorpio
- 14:05 – 16:09 Sagittarius
- 16:09 – 17:50 Capricorn
- 17:50 – 19:16 Aquarius
- 19:16 – 20:40 Pisces
- 20:40 – 22:14 Aries
- 22:14 – 00:09 next day Taurus
- 00:09 – 02:24 next day Gemini
- 02:24 – 04:45 next day Cancer
- 04:45 – 07:04 next day Leo
- 07:04 – 07:08 next day Virgo
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