Houston panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 23:21 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta 10:45 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:33
Night
17:37 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 02:10 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 05:25 next day
- Karana Vanija until 19:35, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:45 – 11:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:25 – 07:49 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:19 – 02:10 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. 05:29 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:37 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:19 – 02:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Char | 11:11 – 12:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:28 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:20 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:28 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:11 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:45 Taurus
- 15:45 – 18:00 Gemini
- 18:00 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:40 Leo
- 22:40 – 00:57 next day Virgo
- 00:57 – 03:18 next day Libra
- 03:18 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 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