Houston panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 11:49 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:14 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:53 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:45
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:52 to 07:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:15 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:48
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 18:49
- Karana Bava until 09:48, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:15 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:45
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 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:39 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:14 | Good |
| Rog | 11:14 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:34 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Char | 13:53 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 17:52 | Good |
| Char | 17:52 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:53 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:33 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 07:14 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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:15 Capricorn
- 08:15 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 11:05 Pisces
- 11:05 – 12:39 Aries
- 12:39 – 14:34 Taurus
- 14:34 – 16:49 Gemini
- 16:49 – 19:10 Cancer
- 19:10 – 21:29 Leo
- 21:29 – 23:46 Virgo
- 23:46 – 02:07 next day Libra
- 02:07 – 04:26 next day Scorpio
- 04:26 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 07:14 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