Houston panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 12:35 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:16
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:24 to 06:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 16:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:24
- Karana Vanija until 16:50, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:00 – 05:47 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. 05:01 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 14:47
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:48 – 14:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:48 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:04 – 17:24 | Good |
| Char | 17:24 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:48 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
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:51 Libra
- 06:51 – 09:10 Scorpio
- 09:10 – 11:14 Sagittarius
- 11:14 – 12:55 Capricorn
- 12:55 – 14:21 Aquarius
- 14:21 – 15:45 Pisces
- 15:45 – 17:19 Aries
- 17:19 – 19:14 Taurus
- 19:14 – 21:29 Gemini
- 21:29 – 23:50 Cancer
- 23:50 – 02:09 next day Leo
- 02:09 – 04:26 next day Virgo
- 04:26 – 06:47 next day Libra
- 06:47 – 06:48 next day Scorpio
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method