Houston panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 09:19 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 18:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:15
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta 13:30 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:34
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:52 to 07:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:52 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:16 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:02
- Karana Kaulava until 11:43, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:16 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:30 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:34
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. 05:42 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:26 – 18:52 | Good |
| Char | 18:52 – 20:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:26 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:00 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:34 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:49 – 07:23 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 07:48 Virgo
- 07:48 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:28 Scorpio
- 12:28 – 14:31 Sagittarius
- 14:31 – 16:13 Capricorn
- 16:13 – 17:39 Aquarius
- 17:39 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 20:37 Aries
- 20:37 – 22:32 Taurus
- 22:32 – 00:47 next day Gemini
- 00:47 – 03:08 next day Cancer
- 03:08 – 05:27 next day Leo
- 05:27 – 07:23 next day Virgo
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