Houston panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 06:49 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam 16:42 – 18:25
- Durmuhurta 18:18 – 19:13
- Rahu Kalam 18:25 – 20:07
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
20:07 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:11
- Nakshatra Rohini until 01:02 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:29
- Karana Bava until 11:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:18 – 19:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:25 – 20:07
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 – 05:46
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:10 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:27 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 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:23 Aries
- 06:23 – 08:18 Taurus
- 08:18 – 10:33 Gemini
- 10:33 – 12:54 Cancer
- 12:54 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:30 Virgo
- 17:30 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 01:55 next day Capricorn
- 01:55 – 03:21 next day Aquarius
- 03:21 – 04:45 next day Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:19 next day Aries
- 06:19 – 06:27 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