Houston panchang, 5 October 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 18:11 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 19:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam 16:05 – 17:32
- Durmuhurta 17:27 – 18:13
- Rahu Kalam 17:32 – 19:00
- 14:15 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:00 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 19:46 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:43 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:18, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:15 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:27 – 18:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:32 – 19:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:54 – 12:23 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. 05:40 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:46 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:46 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 16:05 | Good |
| Rog | 16:05 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:37 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:57 Leo
- 05:57 – 08:14 Virgo
- 08:14 – 10:35 Libra
- 10:35 – 12:54 Scorpio
- 12:54 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 16:39 Capricorn
- 16:39 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:29 Pisces
- 19:29 – 21:03 Aries
- 21:03 – 22:58 Taurus
- 22:58 – 01:13 next day Gemini
- 01:13 – 03:35 next day Cancer
- 03:35 – 05:53 next day Leo
- 05:53 – 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