Houston panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 13:02 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 18:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:27
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta 13:29 – 14:15
- Yamaganda 15:57 – 17:23
- 11:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:48 to 07:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:24
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 11:35
- Karana Taitila until 19:24, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:27
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:35 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:29 – 14:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:57 – 17:23
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. 05:44 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 23:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 19:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:24 – 08:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:15 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:57 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Char | 17:23 – 18:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:23 – 21:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:57 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:32 Virgo
- 07:32 – 09:53 Libra
- 09:53 – 12:12 Scorpio
- 12:12 – 14:16 Sagittarius
- 14:16 – 15:57 Capricorn
- 15:57 – 17:23 Aquarius
- 17:23 – 18:47 Pisces
- 18:47 – 20:21 Aries
- 20:21 – 22:16 Taurus
- 22:16 – 00:31 next day Gemini
- 00:31 – 02:52 next day Cancer
- 02:52 – 05:11 next day Leo
- 05:11 – 07:25 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