Houston panchang, 17 October 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 03:55 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 18:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:27
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta 13:29 – 14:14
- Yamaganda 15:56 – 17:22
- 13:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:47 to 07:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:47 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:49 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 05:11 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 15:18
- Karana Kaulava until 13:12, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:29 – 14:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:22
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 – 06:35
- 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 18:47 – 21:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 05:11 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:25 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:25 – 08:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Char | 17:22 – 18:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:22 – 21:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:57 – 23:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:51 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:27 Virgo
- 07:27 – 09:48 Libra
- 09:48 – 12:07 Scorpio
- 12:07 – 14:11 Sagittarius
- 14:11 – 15:52 Capricorn
- 15:52 – 17:18 Aquarius
- 17:18 – 18:42 Pisces
- 18:42 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:11 Taurus
- 22:11 – 00:26 next day Gemini
- 00:26 – 02:47 next day Cancer
- 02:47 – 05:06 next day Leo
- 05:06 – 07:23 next day Virgo
- 07:23 – 07:26 next day Libra
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