Houston panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 11:16 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:33
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:50 to 07:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 21:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:43
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 10:09
- Karana Vishti until 14:43, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:33
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. 05:43 – 06:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:50 – 21:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:23 – 17:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:23 – 17:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 17:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:24 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:24 – 21:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:59 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 05:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:50 – 07:24 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 07:40 Virgo
- 07:40 – 10:01 Libra
- 10:01 – 12:20 Scorpio
- 12:20 – 14:24 Sagittarius
- 14:24 – 16:05 Capricorn
- 16:05 – 17:31 Aquarius
- 17:31 – 18:55 Pisces
- 18:55 – 20:29 Aries
- 20:29 – 22:24 Taurus
- 22:24 – 00:39 next day Gemini
- 00:39 – 03:00 next day Cancer
- 03:00 – 05:19 next day Leo
- 05:19 – 07:24 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