Houston panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 05:57 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 20:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:18
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:42
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
20:07 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 15:01
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:45
- Karana Naga until 15:01, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:42
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:45 – 22:09
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. 05:05 – 05:47
- 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 20:07 – 22:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 04:02 – 06:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:02 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:11 – 09:53 | Good |
| Rog | 09:53 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:24 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:28 next day | Good |
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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:27 Aries
- 06:27 – 08:22 Taurus
- 08:22 – 10:37 Gemini
- 10:37 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 17:34 Virgo
- 17:34 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:14 Scorpio
- 22:14 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 01:59 next day Capricorn
- 01:59 – 03:25 next day Aquarius
- 03:25 – 04:49 next day Pisces
- 04:49 – 06:23 next day Aries
- 06:23 – 06:28 next day Taurus
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