Houston panchang, 15 October 2025
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 01:55 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:32
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:49 to 07:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:12 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:06 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:12 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:27
- Karana Vanija until 12:00, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:12 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:00 – 00:06 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:32
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. 05:43 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:23 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:23 – 21:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:58 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:50 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 07:35 Virgo
- 07:35 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 12:15 Scorpio
- 12:15 – 14:19 Sagittarius
- 14:19 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:26 Aquarius
- 17:26 – 18:50 Pisces
- 18:50 – 20:24 Aries
- 20:24 – 22:19 Taurus
- 22:19 – 00:34 next day Gemini
- 00:34 – 02:55 next day Cancer
- 02:55 – 05:14 next day Leo
- 05:14 – 07:25 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