Houston panchang, 24 October 2026
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 17:38 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:30 to 18:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 07:30 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:52
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:40 to 07:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:48 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 01:26 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:31
- Karana Gara until 14:21, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:30 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:26 – 08:52 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:52 – 08:04 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:02 – 07:31 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. 05:47 – 06:39
- 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 18:40 – 21:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:30 – 01:26 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:02 – 07:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:30 – 08:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:16 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:40 – 20:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:16 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:53 – 23:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:29 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:05 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:18 – 05:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:31 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
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 07:01 Virgo
- 07:01 – 09:21 Libra
- 09:21 – 11:41 Scorpio
- 11:41 – 13:44 Sagittarius
- 13:44 – 15:26 Capricorn
- 15:26 – 16:52 Aquarius
- 16:52 – 18:16 Pisces
- 18:16 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 21:45 Taurus
- 21:45 – 00:00 next day Gemini
- 00:00 – 02:21 next day Cancer
- 02:21 – 04:39 next day Leo
- 04:39 – 06:57 next day Virgo
- 06:57 – 07:31 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