Houston panchang, 7 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 22:24 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 13:45
Night
17:36 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:09 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 07:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 19:04
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 00:54 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:55 next day
- Karana Taitila until 19:04, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 19:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:09 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 07:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:45
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 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:54 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:27 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:19 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 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:30 Capricorn
- 09:30 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:49 Taurus
- 15:49 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 01:01 next day Virgo
- 01:01 – 03:22 next day Libra
- 03:22 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:19 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