Houston panchang, 18 October 2025
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 04:51 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 18:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:56
- 11:41 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:46 to 07:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:19 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 15:18
- Karana Gara until 14:33, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:41 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:56
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:26 – 07:19 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:19 – 07:27 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. 05:45 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 21:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:22 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:56 – 17:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:21 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:56 – 23:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:27 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
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 07:23 Virgo
- 07:23 – 09:44 Libra
- 09:44 – 12:03 Scorpio
- 12:03 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 15:48 Capricorn
- 15:48 – 17:14 Aquarius
- 17:14 – 18:38 Pisces
- 18:38 – 20:12 Aries
- 20:12 – 22:07 Taurus
- 22:07 – 00:22 next day Gemini
- 00:22 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 05:02 next day Leo
- 05:02 – 07:19 next day Virgo
- 07:19 – 07:27 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