Houston panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 14:29 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 18:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 13:06 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam 15:56 – 17:21
- Durmuhurta 17:15 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam 17:21 – 18:46
- 09:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:46 to 07:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:26
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:15 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:21 – 18:46
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. 05:45 – 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 18:46 – 21:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 05:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:51 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 15:56 | Good |
| Rog | 15:56 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:21 – 21:56 | Good |
| Char | 21:56 – 23:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 07:24 Virgo
- 07:24 – 09:45 Libra
- 09:45 – 12:04 Scorpio
- 12:04 – 14:08 Sagittarius
- 14:08 – 15:49 Capricorn
- 15:49 – 17:15 Aquarius
- 17:15 – 18:39 Pisces
- 18:39 – 20:13 Aries
- 20:13 – 22:08 Taurus
- 22:08 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 05:03 next day Leo
- 05:03 – 07:20 next day Virgo
- 07:20 – 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