Houston panchang, 23 October 2026
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 17:06 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:29 to 18:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:53 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:27 – 14:12
- Yamaganda 15:53 – 17:17
- 10:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:41 to 07:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:07 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 10:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:38
- Karana Kaulava until 15:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:38 – 15:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:27 – 14:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:17
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. 05:47 – 06:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:33 – 02:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:29 – 08:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:17 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:53 – 23:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:29 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:30 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
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 07:05 Virgo
- 07:05 – 09:25 Libra
- 09:25 – 11:44 Scorpio
- 11:44 – 13:48 Sagittarius
- 13:48 – 15:29 Capricorn
- 15:29 – 16:56 Aquarius
- 16:56 – 18:19 Pisces
- 18:19 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 21:49 Taurus
- 21:49 – 00:04 next day Gemini
- 00:04 – 02:25 next day Cancer
- 02:25 – 04:43 next day Leo
- 04:43 – 07:01 next day Virgo
- 07:01 – 07:30 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