Houston panchang, 17 June 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 20:23 Moonrise 09:01 Jyeshtha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 20:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:37 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:07
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:23 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:23 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:09
- Nakshatra Pushya until 01:02 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:21
- Karana Gara until 11:09, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:21 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:44 – 08:29 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. 05:02 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:23 – 22:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 01:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:23 – 21:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:37 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:16 Taurus
- 06:16 – 08:31 Gemini
- 08:31 – 10:52 Cancer
- 10:52 – 13:10 Leo
- 13:10 – 15:28 Virgo
- 15:28 – 17:49 Libra
- 17:49 – 20:08 Scorpio
- 20:08 – 22:11 Sagittarius
- 22:11 – 23:53 Capricorn
- 23:53 – 01:19 next day Aquarius
- 01:19 – 02:43 next day Pisces
- 02:43 – 04:17 next day Aries
- 04:17 – 06:12 next day Taurus
- 06:12 – 06:22 next day Gemini
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