Houston panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 21:24 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 17:36- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:03
- Yamaganda 09:53 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 12:27 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:18
- 07:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
17:36 to 07:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 07:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 07:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:23
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:26 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 08:51
- Karana Bava until 07:51, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 07:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 07:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:18
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. 05:29 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:36 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:10 – 12:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:27 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:18 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:27 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:36 – 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 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 18:08 Gemini
- 18:08 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 22:47 Leo
- 22:47 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 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