Houston panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 16:50 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam 11:08 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:16
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:33 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 21:35
- Karana Vanija until 07:23, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:16
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. 05:28 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 08:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:02 – 07:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:08 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:25 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:33 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:25 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:08 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:04 Scorpio
- 06:04 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:16 Aquarius
- 11:16 – 12:39 Pisces
- 12:39 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 06:00 next day Scorpio
- 06:00 – 07:18 next day Sagittarius
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method