Houston panchang, 23 February 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 10:32 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:09 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:00 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 15:59
- 08:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:42 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:15 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 06:27 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:32
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:37 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 19:53
- Karana Gara until 08:36, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 06:27 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:53 – 16:56 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. 05:13 – 06:03
- 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 18:15 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:37 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:09 | Good |
| Rog | 11:09 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:34 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:34 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:09 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:18 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:25 Capricorn
- 06:25 – 07:51 Aquarius
- 07:51 – 09:15 Pisces
- 09:15 – 10:49 Aries
- 10:49 – 12:44 Taurus
- 12:44 – 14:59 Gemini
- 14:59 – 17:20 Cancer
- 17:20 – 19:39 Leo
- 19:39 – 21:56 Virgo
- 21:56 – 00:17 next day Libra
- 00:17 – 02:36 next day Scorpio
- 02:36 – 04:40 next day Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 06:21 next day Capricorn
- 06:21 – 06:53 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