Houston panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 08:37 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 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 12:32 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:28
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:47 to 07:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 08:31
- Karana Kaulava until 15:13, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:31 – 07:28 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:28
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 02:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:28 – 07:17 next day
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 17:47 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:13 – 07:17 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:28 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:13 – 12:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:32 – 13:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:51 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:28 – 21:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:51 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 08:39 Capricorn
- 08:39 – 10:05 Aquarius
- 10:05 – 11:29 Pisces
- 11:29 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 14:58 Taurus
- 14:58 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 19:34 Cancer
- 19:34 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
- 04:50 – 06:53 next day Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 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