Houston panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 10:07 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:14 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:31
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:46 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 02:31 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:31
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 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 23:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:16 – 07:16 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:46 – 07:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:46 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:46 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:16 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:14 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:33 – 13:52 | Good |
| Rog | 13:52 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:52 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:33 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:45 Sagittarius
- 06:45 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 14:46 Taurus
- 14:46 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 19:22 Cancer
- 19:22 – 21:41 Leo
- 21:41 – 23:58 Virgo
- 23:58 – 02:19 next day Libra
- 02:19 – 04:38 next day Scorpio
- 04:38 – 06:41 next day Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 07:16 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