Houston panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 12:26 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
06:25 to 20:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:40
- Yamaganda 16:44 – 18:27
- 07:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:38 Moon enters Leo
- 18:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
20:10 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:34
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:38 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 19:43
- Karana Gara until 07:09, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:38 Moon enters Leo
- 18:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:34 – 06:10 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:43 – 23:19
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 15:38
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:38 – 06:25 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. 05:03 – 05:44
- 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 20:10 – 22:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Char | 18:27 – 20:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:03 Aries
- 06:03 – 07:58 Taurus
- 07:58 – 10:13 Gemini
- 10:13 – 12:34 Cancer
- 12:34 – 14:53 Leo
- 14:53 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 19:31 Libra
- 19:31 – 21:50 Scorpio
- 21:50 – 23:54 Sagittarius
- 23:54 – 01:35 next day Capricorn
- 01:35 – 03:01 next day Aquarius
- 03:01 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 05:59 next day Aries
- 05:59 – 06:25 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