Houston panchang, 16 October 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 02:57 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 18:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam 14:32 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:31
- 12:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:48 to 07:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:42 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:27 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 15:40
- Karana Bava until 12:20, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:31
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:19 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:14 – 05:24 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. 05:44 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:57 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:22 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:22 – 21:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:57 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:51 – 07:25 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
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:31 Virgo
- 07:31 – 09:52 Libra
- 09:52 – 12:11 Scorpio
- 12:11 – 14:15 Sagittarius
- 14:15 – 15:56 Capricorn
- 15:56 – 17:22 Aquarius
- 17:22 – 18:46 Pisces
- 18:46 – 20:20 Aries
- 20:20 – 22:15 Taurus
- 22:15 – 00:30 next day Gemini
- 00:30 – 02:51 next day Cancer
- 02:51 – 05:10 next day Leo
- 05:10 – 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