Houston panchang, 17 November 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 13:05 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 17:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:04
- 17:04 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:23 to 06:49 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:35
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:35
- Karana Bava until 18:35, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:04 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 18:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:35 – 00:11 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:48 – 17:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:04 – 06:49 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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:48 – 18:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:04 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:48 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:08 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:46 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:04 | Good |
| Rog | 16:04 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:23 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:04 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:47 Libra
- 06:47 – 09:06 Scorpio
- 09:06 – 11:10 Sagittarius
- 11:10 – 12:51 Capricorn
- 12:51 – 14:17 Aquarius
- 14:17 – 15:41 Pisces
- 15:41 – 17:15 Aries
- 17:15 – 19:10 Taurus
- 19:10 – 21:25 Gemini
- 21:25 – 23:47 Cancer
- 23:47 – 02:05 next day Leo
- 02:05 – 04:23 next day Virgo
- 04:23 – 06:43 next day Libra
- 06:43 – 06:49 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