Houston panchang, 8 October 2025
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 19:59 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 18:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:35
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:57 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:53
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:15 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 15:02
- Karana Gara until 15:53, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:02 – 16:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 12:15
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:15 – 07:20 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. 05:41 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:20 – 15:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:30 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:30 – 22:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:03 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:20 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 05:45 Leo
- 05:45 – 08:03 Virgo
- 08:03 – 10:23 Libra
- 10:23 – 12:42 Scorpio
- 12:42 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 17:54 Aquarius
- 17:54 – 19:17 Pisces
- 19:17 – 20:52 Aries
- 20:52 – 22:47 Taurus
- 22:47 – 01:02 next day Gemini
- 01:02 – 03:23 next day Cancer
- 03:23 – 05:41 next day Leo
- 05:41 – 07:20 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