Houston panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 07:51 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
06:27 to 20:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:24
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:08 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:17
- Karana Kaulava until 07:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:24
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 20:08 – 22:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:27 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:11 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:25 – 20:08 | Good |
| Char | 20:08 – 21:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:19 Aries
- 06:19 – 08:14 Taurus
- 08:14 – 10:29 Gemini
- 10:29 – 12:50 Cancer
- 12:50 – 15:08 Leo
- 15:08 – 17:26 Virgo
- 17:26 – 19:47 Libra
- 19:47 – 22:06 Scorpio
- 22:06 – 00:09 next day Sagittarius
- 00:09 – 01:51 next day Capricorn
- 01:51 – 03:17 next day Aquarius
- 03:17 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 06:15 next day Aries
- 06:15 – 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