Houston panchang, 13 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 03:04 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 17:41- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 12:30 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:23
- 07:34 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 17:06 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:41 to 07:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 07:34
- Karana Bava until 17:06, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:34 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 17:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:34 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:23
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 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:36 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:12 – 12:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:30 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:23 | Good |
| Rog | 16:23 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:41 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:23 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:30 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:12 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 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
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 05:02 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 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:32 Aquarius
- 10:32 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 13:30 Aries
- 13:30 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:40 Gemini
- 17:40 – 20:01 Cancer
- 20:01 – 22:20 Leo
- 22:20 – 00:37 next day Virgo
- 00:37 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:17 next day Scorpio
- 05:17 – 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