Houston panchang, 18 September 2025
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:21 Moonrise 04:01 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 19:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:12 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:54
- 11:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:55 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:21 to 07:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:21 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:35 Moon enters Leo
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:55
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 11:07
- Karana Taitila until 12:55, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:35 Moon enters Leo
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:54
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:21 – 21:43
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:12 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:49 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:04 Leo
- 07:04 – 09:21 Virgo
- 09:21 – 11:42 Libra
- 11:42 – 14:01 Scorpio
- 14:01 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 17:46 Capricorn
- 17:46 – 19:12 Aquarius
- 19:12 – 20:36 Pisces
- 20:36 – 22:10 Aries
- 22:10 – 00:05 next day Taurus
- 00:05 – 02:20 next day Gemini
- 02:20 – 04:41 next day Cancer
- 04:41 – 07:00 next day Leo
- 07:00 – 07:09 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