Houston panchang, 27 May 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 17:16 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
06:23 to 20:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 15:02
- 08:30 Moon enters Libra
- 08:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
20:13 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 21:27
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:55
- Karana Bava until 08:37, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:30 Moon enters Libra
- 08:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:40 – 16:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:02
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. 05:02 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:13 – 22:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 21:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:29 – 20:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 07:38 Taurus
- 07:38 – 09:53 Gemini
- 09:53 – 12:15 Cancer
- 12:15 – 14:33 Leo
- 14:33 – 16:51 Virgo
- 16:51 – 19:11 Libra
- 19:11 – 21:30 Scorpio
- 21:30 – 23:34 Sagittarius
- 23:34 – 01:15 next day Capricorn
- 01:15 – 02:42 next day Aquarius
- 02:42 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:39 next day Aries
- 05:39 – 06:23 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