Houston panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 07:24 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 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:32 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 17:46
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:46 to 07:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:22 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 09:41
- Karana Naga until 13:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:41 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 17:46
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 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 00:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:13 – 12:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:32 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:17 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 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 08:46 Capricorn
- 08:46 – 10:13 Aquarius
- 10:13 – 11:36 Pisces
- 11:36 – 13:11 Aries
- 13:11 – 15:06 Taurus
- 15:06 – 17:20 Gemini
- 17:20 – 19:42 Cancer
- 19:42 – 22:00 Leo
- 22:00 – 00:18 next day Virgo
- 00:18 – 02:38 next day Libra
- 02:38 – 04:57 next day Scorpio
- 04:57 – 07:01 next day Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 07:17 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