Houston panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 06:40 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 17:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:08
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:45 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 12:34
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:48
- Karana Shakuni until 12:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:08
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 17:45 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 12:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:13 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Char | 12:31 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:45 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 08:50 Capricorn
- 08:50 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:10 Taurus
- 15:10 – 17:24 Gemini
- 17:24 – 19:46 Cancer
- 19:46 – 22:04 Leo
- 22:04 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 07:05 next day Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 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