Houston panchang, 21 October 2025
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 07:35 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 18:43- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:28
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:54 – 17:18
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:43 to 07:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:43 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:47 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 16:46
- Karana Kimstughna until 20:34, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:34 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:18
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 – 06:37
- 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 18:43 – 21:16
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:05 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:54 – 17:18 | Good |
| Rog | 17:18 – 18:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:43 – 20:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:18 – 21:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:54 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:17 – 05:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:29 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
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:12 Virgo
- 07:12 – 09:32 Libra
- 09:32 – 11:51 Scorpio
- 11:51 – 13:55 Sagittarius
- 13:55 – 15:36 Capricorn
- 15:36 – 17:03 Aquarius
- 17:03 – 18:26 Pisces
- 18:26 – 20:00 Aries
- 20:00 – 21:56 Taurus
- 21:56 – 00:10 next day Gemini
- 00:10 – 02:32 next day Cancer
- 02:32 – 04:50 next day Leo
- 04:50 – 07:08 next day Virgo
- 07:08 – 07:29 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