Houston panchang, 4 October 2025
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 17:39 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 19:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 16:05
- 08:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:01 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 04:34 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 08:56
- Karana Kaulava until 17:42, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:56 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:28 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:30 – 04:26 next day
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. 05:39 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:01 – 21:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:31 – 07:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:34 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:33 – 19:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:01 – 20:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:33 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:05 – 23:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:38 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:10 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:01 Leo
- 06:01 – 08:18 Virgo
- 08:18 – 10:39 Libra
- 10:39 – 12:58 Scorpio
- 12:58 – 15:02 Sagittarius
- 15:02 – 16:43 Capricorn
- 16:43 – 18:09 Aquarius
- 18:09 – 19:33 Pisces
- 19:33 – 21:07 Aries
- 21:07 – 23:02 Taurus
- 23:02 – 01:17 next day Gemini
- 01:17 – 03:38 next day Cancer
- 03:38 – 05:57 next day Leo
- 05:57 – 07:18 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