Houston panchang, 13 May 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 04:03 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 20:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:12 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:36 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:59
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 13:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:05 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:51 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:47 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:24
- Karana Kaulava until 14:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 13:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:47 – 06:30 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. 05:07 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:05 – 22:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 00:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:12 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:36 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:23 – 20:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:38 Aries
- 06:38 – 08:33 Taurus
- 08:33 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 13:10 Cancer
- 13:10 – 15:28 Leo
- 15:28 – 17:46 Virgo
- 17:46 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:25 Scorpio
- 22:25 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:10 next day Capricorn
- 02:10 – 03:37 next day Aquarius
- 03:37 – 05:00 next day Pisces
- 05:00 – 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