Houston panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 13:34 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:25
- 07:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:23 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:36
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:12
- Karana Balava until 07:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:25
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. 05:02 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:49 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:50 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:43 Libra
- 06:43 – 09:02 Scorpio
- 09:02 – 11:06 Sagittarius
- 11:06 – 12:47 Capricorn
- 12:47 – 14:13 Aquarius
- 14:13 – 15:37 Pisces
- 15:37 – 17:11 Aries
- 17:11 – 19:06 Taurus
- 19:06 – 21:21 Gemini
- 21:21 – 23:43 Cancer
- 23:43 – 02:01 next day Leo
- 02:01 – 04:19 next day Virgo
- 04:19 – 06:39 next day Libra
- 06:39 – 06:50 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