Houston panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 02:08 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 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:36
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:40 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 03:48 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 09:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 07:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:42 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:41 – 16:59
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) 12:09 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:29 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:29 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 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
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:02 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)
- 05:29 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:36 Aquarius
- 10:36 – 12:00 Pisces
- 12:00 – 13:34 Aries
- 13:34 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:44 Gemini
- 17:44 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 00:41 next day Virgo
- 00:41 – 03:02 next day Libra
- 03:02 – 05:21 next day Scorpio
- 05:21 – 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