Houston panchang, 24 February 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 11:22 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 18:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 09:44 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 12:34 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam 15:25 – 16:50
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:16 to 06:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 17:22
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:56
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:56 – 18:08
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. 05:12 – 06:02
- 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 18:16 – 20:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 17:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:08 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:18 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Char | 09:44 – 11:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:09 – 12:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:34 – 14:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:00 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:25 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:34 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:08 – 03:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:43 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:17 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:21 Capricorn
- 06:21 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 09:11 Pisces
- 09:11 – 10:45 Aries
- 10:45 – 12:40 Taurus
- 12:40 – 14:55 Gemini
- 14:55 – 17:16 Cancer
- 17:16 – 19:35 Leo
- 19:35 – 21:52 Virgo
- 21:52 – 00:13 next day Libra
- 00:13 – 02:32 next day Scorpio
- 02:32 – 04:36 next day Sagittarius
- 04:36 – 06:17 next day Capricorn
- 06:17 – 06:52 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