Houston panchang, 24 January 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 10:38 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 17:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 13:53 – 15:12
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:51 to 07:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:05 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:05 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 00:15 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:10, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:05 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:16 – 02:05 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. 05:28 – 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 17:51 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 02:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:35 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:14 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Char | 12:33 – 13:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:53 – 15:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:12 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:33 – 02:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:14 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 08:23 Capricorn
- 08:23 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:13 Pisces
- 11:13 – 12:47 Aries
- 12:47 – 14:42 Taurus
- 14:42 – 16:57 Gemini
- 16:57 – 19:18 Cancer
- 19:18 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 23:54 Virgo
- 23:54 – 02:15 next day Libra
- 02:15 – 04:34 next day Scorpio
- 04:34 – 06:38 next day Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 07:15 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