Houston panchang, 17 October 2026
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 13:48 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 18:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:57
- 08:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:47 to 07:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:58
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 02:19 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:32
- Karana Gara until 08:42, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:57
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 – 06:35
- 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 18:47 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:22 – 21:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:57 – 23:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:32 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:28 Virgo
- 07:28 – 09:49 Libra
- 09:49 – 12:08 Scorpio
- 12:08 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 15:53 Capricorn
- 15:53 – 17:19 Aquarius
- 17:19 – 18:43 Pisces
- 18:43 – 20:17 Aries
- 20:17 – 22:12 Taurus
- 22:12 – 00:27 next day Gemini
- 00:27 – 02:48 next day Cancer
- 02:48 – 05:07 next day Leo
- 05:07 – 07:24 next day Virgo
- 07:24 – 07:26 next day Libra
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