Houston panchang, 17 February 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 07:09 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 18:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:14 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 09:47 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 12:35 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 16:47
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:11 to 06:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:28 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 09:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 12:58
- Karana Kimstughna until 17:48, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:14 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:47
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 09:46
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:46 – 06:59 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. 05:17 – 06:08
- 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 18:11 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:00 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:23 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Char | 09:47 – 11:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:11 – 12:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:35 – 13:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:59 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:35 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:11 – 03:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:47 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:23 – 06:59 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
- 07:00 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:48 Capricorn
- 06:48 – 08:15 Aquarius
- 08:15 – 09:38 Pisces
- 09:38 – 11:13 Aries
- 11:13 – 13:08 Taurus
- 13:08 – 15:23 Gemini
- 15:23 – 17:44 Cancer
- 17:44 – 20:02 Leo
- 20:02 – 22:20 Virgo
- 22:20 – 00:40 next day Libra
- 00:40 – 02:59 next day Scorpio
- 02:59 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 06:45 next day Capricorn
- 06:45 – 06:59 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