Houston panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 06:36 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 11:11 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 15:56
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:06 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:10 to 07:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:01 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 14:20
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:06, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:06 Karana becomes Naga
- 21:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:20 – 01:39 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 15:56
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. 05:18 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:01 – 09:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:01 – 09:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 11:11 | Good |
| Rog | 11:11 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:58 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:11 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 07:00 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
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:52 Capricorn
- 06:52 – 08:19 Aquarius
- 08:19 – 09:42 Pisces
- 09:42 – 11:17 Aries
- 11:17 – 13:12 Taurus
- 13:12 – 15:26 Gemini
- 15:26 – 17:48 Cancer
- 17:48 – 20:06 Leo
- 20:06 – 22:24 Virgo
- 22:24 – 00:44 next day Libra
- 00:44 – 03:03 next day Scorpio
- 03:03 – 05:07 next day Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 06:48 next day Capricorn
- 06:48 – 07:00 next day Aquarius
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