Houston panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 15:05 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 18:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:16
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:28 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:29
- 13:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:05 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:45 to 07:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:45 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 02:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:32 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:05
- Karana Balava until 13:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:28 – 14:14
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:05 – 16:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:29
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 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 21:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 07:27 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:26 – 07:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:26 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:20 – 18:45 | Good |
| Char | 18:45 – 20:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:20 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:55 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:31 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:52 – 07:27 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 07:20 Virgo
- 07:20 – 09:41 Libra
- 09:41 – 12:00 Scorpio
- 12:00 – 14:04 Sagittarius
- 14:04 – 15:45 Capricorn
- 15:45 – 17:11 Aquarius
- 17:11 – 18:35 Pisces
- 18:35 – 20:09 Aries
- 20:09 – 22:04 Taurus
- 22:04 – 00:19 next day Gemini
- 00:19 – 02:41 next day Cancer
- 02:41 – 04:59 next day Leo
- 04:59 – 07:17 next day Virgo
- 07:17 – 07:27 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