Houston panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 20:21 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 17:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:09 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:32
- 09:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:35 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:47 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:32
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:47 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 11:17
- Karana Vanija until 09:24, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:47 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:24 – 20:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:32
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) 12:06 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:09 | Good |
| Rog | 11:09 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:27 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:35 | Good |
| Char | 17:35 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:27 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:10 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:52 Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:38 Capricorn
- 09:38 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 15:57 Taurus
- 15:57 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:33 Cancer
- 20:33 – 22:51 Leo
- 22:51 – 01:09 next day Virgo
- 01:09 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 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