Houston panchang, 20 October 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 06:40 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 18:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:16
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:28 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:28
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:18 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:44 to 07:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Moon enters Libra
- 07:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:25 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:25 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:04
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:18, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:18 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:06 Moon enters Libra
- 07:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:25 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:34 – 16:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:28 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:04 – 17:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:46 – 07:28 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. 05:46 – 06:36
- 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 18:44 – 21:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:19 – 18:44 | Good |
| Char | 18:44 – 20:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:19 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:55 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:52 – 07:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:16 Virgo
- 07:16 – 09:36 Libra
- 09:36 – 11:55 Scorpio
- 11:55 – 13:59 Sagittarius
- 13:59 – 15:40 Capricorn
- 15:40 – 17:07 Aquarius
- 17:07 – 18:30 Pisces
- 18:30 – 20:04 Aries
- 20:04 – 21:59 Taurus
- 21:59 – 00:14 next day Gemini
- 00:14 – 02:36 next day Cancer
- 02:36 – 04:54 next day Leo
- 04:54 – 07:12 next day Virgo
- 07:12 – 07:28 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