Houston panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 15:37 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 18:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:28
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:55 – 17:19
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:06 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:44 to 07:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 03:42 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 14:20
- Karana Taitila until 15:06, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:30
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:20 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:55 – 17:19
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:32 – 07:28 next day
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 18:44 – 21:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:27 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:06 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:55 – 17:19 | Good |
| Rog | 17:19 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:44 – 20:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:19 – 21:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:55 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:17 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 07:17 Virgo
- 07:17 – 09:37 Libra
- 09:37 – 11:56 Scorpio
- 11:56 – 14:00 Sagittarius
- 14:00 – 15:41 Capricorn
- 15:41 – 17:08 Aquarius
- 17:08 – 18:31 Pisces
- 18:31 – 20:05 Aries
- 20:05 – 22:00 Taurus
- 22:00 – 00:15 next day Gemini
- 00:15 – 02:37 next day Cancer
- 02:37 – 04:55 next day Leo
- 04:55 – 07:13 next day Virgo
- 07:13 – 07:28 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