Houston panchang, 24 September 2025
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 19:14 Moonrise 09:42 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 19:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:43
- 07:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:14 to 07:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:14 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:36
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:38 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 10:32
- Karana Taitila until 07:27, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:32 – 11:23 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:43
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. 05:36 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:14 – 21:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:43 – 19:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 06:40 Leo
- 06:40 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 11:18 Libra
- 11:18 – 13:37 Scorpio
- 13:37 – 15:41 Sagittarius
- 15:41 – 17:22 Capricorn
- 17:22 – 18:49 Aquarius
- 18:49 – 20:12 Pisces
- 20:12 – 21:47 Aries
- 21:47 – 23:42 Taurus
- 23:42 – 01:57 next day Gemini
- 01:57 – 04:18 next day Cancer
- 04:18 – 06:36 next day Leo
- 06:36 – 07:12 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