Houston panchang, 15 October 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 12:12 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 18:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam 14:32 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:32
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:49 to 07:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 20:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:45
- Karana Balava until 16:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:32
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 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 16:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:17 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 18:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:24 – 21:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:58 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 05:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:24 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 07:36 Virgo
- 07:36 – 09:57 Libra
- 09:57 – 12:16 Scorpio
- 12:16 – 14:20 Sagittarius
- 14:20 – 16:01 Capricorn
- 16:01 – 17:27 Aquarius
- 17:27 – 18:51 Pisces
- 18:51 – 20:25 Aries
- 20:25 – 22:20 Taurus
- 22:20 – 00:35 next day Gemini
- 00:35 – 02:56 next day Cancer
- 02:56 – 05:15 next day Leo
- 05:15 – 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