Houston panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 20:11 Moonrise 13:28 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 20:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:25 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:44
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
20:11 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:11 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 17:57
- Nakshatra Magha until 15:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 17:57, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:44
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 20:11 – 22:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:39 – 06:24 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:57 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:25 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:28 – 20:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:11 – 21:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:28 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:59 Aries
- 05:59 – 07:54 Taurus
- 07:54 – 10:09 Gemini
- 10:09 – 12:30 Cancer
- 12:30 – 14:49 Leo
- 14:49 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 19:27 Libra
- 19:27 – 21:46 Scorpio
- 21:46 – 23:50 Sagittarius
- 23:50 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 05:55 next day Aries
- 05:55 – 06:24 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