Houston panchang, 21 September 2025
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:17 Moonrise 06:57 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 19:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam 16:15 – 17:46
- Durmuhurta 17:40 – 18:29
- Rahu Kalam 17:46 – 19:17
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:17 to 07:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:17 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:54 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 09:22
- Karana Naga until 14:54, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:40 – 18:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:46 – 19:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:09 – 15:19
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. 05:35 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:17 – 21:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 00:54 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 00:54 – 07:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:54 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:41 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Rog | 16:15 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:52 Leo
- 06:52 – 09:10 Virgo
- 09:10 – 11:30 Libra
- 11:30 – 13:49 Scorpio
- 13:49 – 15:53 Sagittarius
- 15:53 – 17:34 Capricorn
- 17:34 – 19:01 Aquarius
- 19:01 – 20:24 Pisces
- 20:24 – 21:58 Aries
- 21:58 – 23:53 Taurus
- 23:53 – 02:08 next day Gemini
- 02:08 – 04:30 next day Cancer
- 04:30 – 06:48 next day Leo
- 06:48 – 07:11 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