Houston panchang, 14 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 04:01 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 17:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 13:48
- 08:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:42 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 08:47 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 08:25
- Karana Kaulava until 19:37, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 19:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:48
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) 12:09 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:25
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:18 – 15:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 15:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 05:02 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 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:28 Aquarius
- 10:28 – 11:52 Pisces
- 11:52 – 13:26 Aries
- 13:26 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:36 Gemini
- 17:36 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 22:16 Leo
- 22:16 – 00:33 next day Virgo
- 00:33 – 02:54 next day Libra
- 02:54 – 05:13 next day Scorpio
- 05:13 – 07:17 next day Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 07:18 next day Capricorn
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