Houston panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 07:40 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 13:59
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:11 to 06:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 04:29 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 11:15
- Karana Balava until 17:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:59
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. 05:16 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:59 – 04:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 06:58 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
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:45 Capricorn
- 06:45 – 08:11 Aquarius
- 08:11 – 09:35 Pisces
- 09:35 – 11:09 Aries
- 11:09 – 13:04 Taurus
- 13:04 – 15:19 Gemini
- 15:19 – 17:40 Cancer
- 17:40 – 19:58 Leo
- 19:58 – 22:16 Virgo
- 22:16 – 00:36 next day Libra
- 00:36 – 02:56 next day Scorpio
- 02:56 – 04:59 next day Sagittarius
- 04:59 – 06:41 next day Capricorn
- 06:41 – 06:58 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