Houston panchang, 20 February 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 08:40 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:21 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam 11:10 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 16:48
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:13 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 04:21 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:22 – 01:31 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:33 – 23:33
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. 05:15 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:45
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:37 – 06:56 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:37 – 06:56 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:37 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:57 – 08:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:21 – 09:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:46 – 11:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:10 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:34 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:10 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:20 – 06:56 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
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 06:37 Capricorn
- 06:37 – 08:03 Aquarius
- 08:03 – 09:27 Pisces
- 09:27 – 11:01 Aries
- 11:01 – 12:56 Taurus
- 12:56 – 15:11 Gemini
- 15:11 – 17:32 Cancer
- 17:32 – 19:50 Leo
- 19:50 – 22:08 Virgo
- 22:08 – 00:29 next day Libra
- 00:29 – 02:48 next day Scorpio
- 02:48 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
- 04:51 – 06:33 next day Capricorn
- 06:33 – 06:56 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