Houston panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 05:51 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 17:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:13 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:26
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:44 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:52
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:36
- Karana Vanija until 10:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:36 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:26
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) 12:10 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:13 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:31 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 17:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:44 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:26 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:13 Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 08:54 Capricorn
- 08:54 – 10:21 Aquarius
- 10:21 – 11:44 Pisces
- 11:44 – 13:18 Aries
- 13:18 – 15:13 Taurus
- 15:13 – 17:28 Gemini
- 17:28 – 19:50 Cancer
- 19:50 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 05:05 next day Scorpio
- 05:05 – 07:09 next day Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 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