Houston panchang, 19 January 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 08:02 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:41
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:44 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:46 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 09:15
- Karana Bava until 14:44, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:41
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 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 01:37 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 01:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:32 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 10:09 Aquarius
- 10:09 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 13:07 Aries
- 13:07 – 15:02 Taurus
- 15:02 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:38 Cancer
- 19:38 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 02:34 next day Libra
- 02:34 – 04:54 next day Scorpio
- 04:54 – 06:57 next day Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 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