Houston panchang, 12 May 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 03:33 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 20:04- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:14 – 10:08
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:22
- 08:55 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:04 to 06:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:04 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:00 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:47 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:49
- Karana Bava until 15:47, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:55 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:34 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:14 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:49 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:22
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 14:47
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. 05:07 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:04 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:47 – 06:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:47 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:13 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:36 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:22 | Good |
| Rog | 18:22 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:04 – 21:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:42 Aries
- 06:42 – 08:37 Taurus
- 08:37 – 10:52 Gemini
- 10:52 – 13:14 Cancer
- 13:14 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 17:50 Virgo
- 17:50 – 20:10 Libra
- 20:10 – 22:29 Scorpio
- 22:29 – 00:33 next day Sagittarius
- 00:33 – 02:14 next day Capricorn
- 02:14 – 03:41 next day Aquarius
- 03:41 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 06:30 next day Aries
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method