Houston panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 18:02 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 14:59
- 14:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:33 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 01:00 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 17:45
- Karana Balava until 14:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:45 – 14:17 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. 05:28 – 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:35 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:09 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Char | 12:26 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:16 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:26 – 02:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:09 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:35 Pisces
- 12:35 – 14:10 Aries
- 14:10 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:41 Cancer
- 20:41 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:17 next day Virgo
- 01:17 – 03:37 next day Libra
- 03:37 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 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